USN-3170-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3170-1

11th January, 2017

linux vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.10

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software description

• linux
  - Linux kernel
  
  

Details

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel
did not properly initialize the Code Segment (CS) in certain error cases. A
local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel
memory). ()

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10:

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
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CVE-2016-9793