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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2015-8543): Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2015-8543): Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) regression

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/28/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/02/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The networking implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3, as used in Android and other products, does not validate protocol identifiers for certain protocol families, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL function pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging CLONE_NEWUSER support to execute a crafted SOCK_RAW application.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-79-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-79-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-79-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-79-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-79-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-79-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-79-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-79-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-60-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-60-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-60-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-60-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-60-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-60-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-60-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-51-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-51-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-51-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-51-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-51-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-51-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-51-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-1476-omap4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-98-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-98-generic-pae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-98-highbank
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-98-omap
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-98-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-98-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-98-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-1022-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-27-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-27-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-27-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-27-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-27-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-27-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-2-0-27-powerpc64-smp

References

  • USN-2886-1
  • USN-2886-2
  • USN-2888-1
  • USN-2890-1
  • USN-2890-2
  • USN-2890-3
  • USN-2907-1
  • USN-2907-2
  • USN-2910-1
  • USN-2910-2
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0911
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1102
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2074
  • RHSA-2016:0855
  • RHSA-2016:2574
  • RHSA-2016:2584
  • DLA-378-1
  • DSA-3426
  • DSA-3434
  • 79698
  • 1034892
  • CVE-2015-8543
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