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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2015-8830): Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2015-8830): Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/09/2016
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701 regression.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-86-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-86-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-86-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-86-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-86-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-86-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-86-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-86-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-71-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-71-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-71-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-71-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-71-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-71-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-71-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-59-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-59-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-59-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-59-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-59-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-59-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-19-0-59-powerpc64-smp

References

  • USN-2965-1
  • USN-2965-2
  • USN-2965-3
  • USN-2965-4
  • USN-2967-1
  • USN-2967-2
  • USN-2968-1
  • USN-2968-2
  • USN-2969-1
  • USN-2970-1
  • USN-2971-1
  • USN-2971-2
  • USN-2971-3
  • USN-2996-1
  • USN-2997-1
  • USN-3000-1
  • DSA-3503
  • RHSA-2018:1854
  • RHSA-2018:3083
  • RHSA-2018:3096
  • CVE-2015-8830
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