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USN-2016-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

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USN-2016-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/24/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Interpretation conflict in drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.6 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via a crafted mapping to a snapshot block device.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-358-ec2

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