Ubuntu Security Notice 4118-1 - It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track inode validations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
4f908bb81d9ebb9dd129fad885aa16a8ad89f97c5c09adc998aefff895ea8268Ubuntu Security Notice 3932-2 - USN-3932-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
6b04b1ca2b939f9ef77c26b11ce5669d6f7a229ddfbabf646e284686af89d8a3Ubuntu Security Notice 3932-1 - It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
8a9cf057269e567e457b41d6710b7b91e84287f5f6e3ab62365a668b68242bbcSlackware Security Advisory - New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues.
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