2 Mar
2013
2 Mar
'13
6:13 a.m.
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013, at 2:40, Andy Smith wrote:
A flaw in the Linux kernel introduced in 3.3 allows a
local user to
crash the kernel or obtain root access. Those running new enough
distributions (notably including Ubuntu 12.04) are vulnerable, so
please check whether you need to update.
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1763
http://lwn.net/Articles/540082/
Sure about Ubuntu 12.04? It running a 3.2 kernel it really shouldn't be
affected.
Ubuntu 12.10 on the other hand runs a 3.5 kernel It has CVE-2013-1763
fixed as of the 3.5.0-25.39 version.
// Andreas