USN-3187-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3187-2

9th February, 2017

linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software description

• linux-ti-omap4
  - Linux kernel for OMAP4
  
  

Details

Andrey Konovalov discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux
kernel improperly handled validation of incoming data. A remote attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). ()

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
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