USN-3128-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3128-1

11th November, 2016

linux vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software description

• linux
  - Linux kernel
  
  

Details

Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernel
contained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the
/proc/keys interface. A local 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 16.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions: