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USN-1411-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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USN-1411-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/17/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
08/04/2020

Description

The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-386
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-generic-pae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-ia64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-lpia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-powerpc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-preempt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-sparc64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-sparc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-versatile
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-40-virtual

References

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