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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3173-1
17th January, 2017
nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 and nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
NVIDIA graphics drivers could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software description
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 - NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
- nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 - NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
Details
It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained a flaw in the
kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of
service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 16.10:
- nvidia-331 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- nvidia-current 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- nvidia-340-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- nvidia-340 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- nvidia-331-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- nvidia-304-updates 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- nvidia-304 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
- nvidia-331 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- nvidia-current 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- nvidia-340-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- nvidia-340 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- nvidia-331-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- nvidia-304-updates 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- nvidia-304 304.134-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- nvidia-331 340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-current 304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-340-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-340 340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-331-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-304-updates 304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- nvidia-304 304.134-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- nvidia-331 340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-current 304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-340-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-340 340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-331-updates 340.101-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-304-updates 304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
- nvidia-304 304.134-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.