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USN-1796-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-1796-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/28/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the shmem_remount_fs function in mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by remounting a tmpfs filesystem without specifying a required mpol (aka mempolicy) mount option.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-5-0-27-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-5-0-27-highbank
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-5-0-27-omap
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-5-0-27-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-5-0-27-powerpc64-smp

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