Please Install the Updated Packages.

Vince Weaver discovered a flaw in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel on ARM platforms. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-4254) A failure to validate block numbers was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of the XFS filesystem. A local user can cause a denial of service (system crash) if they can mount, or cause to be mounted a corrupted or special crafted XFS filesystem. (CVE-2013-1819) An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPSec key_socket when using the notify_policy interface. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially sensitive information in kernel memory. (CVE-2013-2237)

linux on Ubuntu 12.10

• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2013-September/002259.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25