=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1404-1
March 27, 2012

linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10

Summary:

The system could be made to deny services if it received specially crafted
local area network traffic.

Software Description:
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

Somnath Kotur discovered an error in the Linux kernel's VLAN (virtual lan)
and be2net drivers. An attacker on the local network could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
  linux-image-3.0.0-1208-omap4    3.0.0-1208.18

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1404-1
  CVE-2011-3347

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.0.0-1208.18

Ubuntu 1404-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

March 27, 2012
The system could be made to deny services if it received specially crafted local area network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: linux-image-3.0.0-1208-omap4 3.0.0-1208.18 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1404-1

CVE-2011-3347

Severity
March 27, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.0.0-1208.18

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