USN-3084-4

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3084-4
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3084-4.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3084-4
Related
Published
2016-09-19T19:12:35.672942Z
Modified
2016-09-19T19:12:35.672942Z
Summary
linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
Details

Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the audit subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to corrupt audit logs or disrupt system-call auditing. (CVE-2016-6136)

It was discovered that the powerpc and powerpc64 hypervisor-mode KVM implementation in the Linux kernel for did not properly maintain state about transactional memory. An unprivileged attacker in a guest could cause a denial of service (CPU lockup) in the host OS. (CVE-2016-5412)

Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the Chrome OS embedded controller device driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6156)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / linux-snapdragon

Package

Name
linux-snapdragon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-snapdragon@4.4.0-1026.29?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.0-1026.29

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.0-1012.12
4.4.0-1013.14
4.4.0-1013.15
4.4.0-1015.18
4.4.0-1019.22
4.4.0-1020.23
4.4.0-1022.25
4.4.0-1024.27

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "linux-snapdragon-tools-4.4.0-1026-dbgsym": "4.4.0-1026.29",
            "linux-image-4.4.0-1026-snapdragon-dbgsym": "4.4.0-1026.29",
            "linux-snapdragon-headers-4.4.0-1026": "4.4.0-1026.29",
            "linux-tools-4.4.0-1026-snapdragon": "4.4.0-1026.29",
            "linux-headers-4.4.0-1026-snapdragon": "4.4.0-1026.29",
            "linux-image-4.4.0-1026-snapdragon": "4.4.0-1026.29",
            "linux-snapdragon-tools-4.4.0-1026": "4.4.0-1026.29"
        }
    ]
}