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USN-2544-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-2544-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

03/16/2015

Created

07/25/2018

Added

03/26/2015

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

The XFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15 improperly uses an old size value during remote attribute replacement, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (transaction overrun and data corruption) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging XFS filesystem access.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-48-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-48-generic-lpae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-48-lowlatency
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-48-powerpc-e500
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-48-powerpc-e500mc
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-48-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-48-powerpc64-emb
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-48-powerpc64-smp

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2013-7421
72320
72322
72347
CVE - 2013-7421
CVE - 2014-7822
CVE - 2014-9644
CVE - 2014-9728
CVE - 2014-9729
CVE - 2014-9730
CVE - 2014-9731
CVE - 2015-0274
DSA-3170
117810
RHSA-2015:0102
RHSA-2015:0164
RHSA-2015:0290
RHSA-2015:0674
RHSA-2015:0694
USN-2544-1

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