USN-2140-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
02/28/2014
07/25/2018
04/08/2014
08/28/2020
Description
The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-11-0-18-generic
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-11-0-18-generic-lpae
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