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[LSN-0027-1] Linux kernel vulnerability

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Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0027-1

August 03, 2017

 

linux vulnerability

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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu:

 

| Series | Base kernel | Arch | flavors |

|------------------+--------------+----------+------------------|

| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | 4.4.0 | amd64 | generic |

| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | 4.4.0 | amd64 | lowlatency |

| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | 4.4.0 | amd64 | generic |

| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | 4.4.0 | amd64 | lowlatency |

 

Summary:

 

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

 

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

 

Details:

 

Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition between inotify events

and vfs rename operations in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local

attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7533)

 

Update instructions:

 

The problem can be corrected by up[censored] your livepatches to the following

versions:

 

| Kernel | Version | flavors |

|-----------------+----------+--------------------------|

| Kernel | Version | flavors |

|-----------------+----------+--------------------------|

| 4.4.0-21.37 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-22.39 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-22.40 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-24.43 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-28.47 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-31.50 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-34.53 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-36.55 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-38.57 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-42.62 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-43.63 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-45.66 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-47.68 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-51.72 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-53.74 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-57.78 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-59.80 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-62.83 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-63.84 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-64.85 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-66.87 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-67.88 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-70.91 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-71.92 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-72.93 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-75.96 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-77.98 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-78.99 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-79.100 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-81.104 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| 4.4.0-83.106 | 27.3 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-21.37_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-22.39_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-22.40_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-24.43_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-28.47_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-31.50_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-34.53_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-36.55_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-38.57_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-42.62_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-45.66_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-47.68_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-51.72_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-53.74_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-57.78_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-59.80_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-62.83_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-64.85_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-66.87_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-70.91_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-71.92_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-72.93_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-75.96_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-79.100_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-81.104_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

| lts-4.4.0-87.110_14.04.1-lts-xenial | 14.04.1 | generic, lowlatency |

 

Additionally, you should install an updated kernel with these fixes and

reboot at your convienience.

 

References:

CVE-2017-7533

 

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