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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3617-2

Posted Apr 3, 2017

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3617-2 - USN-3617-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that a race condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ALSA PCM subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary, kernel, local, vulnerability

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2017-0861, CVE-2017-1000407, CVE-2017-15129, CVE-2017-16532, CVE-2017-16537, CVE-2017-16645, CVE-2017-16646, CVE-2017-16647, CVE-2017-16649, CVE-2017-16650, CVE-2017-16994, CVE-2017-17448, CVE-2017-17450, CVE-2017-17741, CVE-2017-17805, CVE-2017-17806, CVE-2017-17807, CVE-2017-18204, CVE-2018-1000026, CVE-2018-5332, CVE-2018-5333, CVE-2018-5344

SHA-256 | 0f276e7a9b2bfbe06e0d855d178a4c603928a7a485688ab62d5262889acef454

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