SB2015121813 - Ubuntu update for linux
Published: December 18, 2015 Updated: October 31, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4508)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Race condition in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from a deleted file by reading an extent that was not properly marked as uninitialized.
2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5517)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in mm/memory_hotplug.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by using memory that was hot-added by an administrator. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) Information exposure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1928)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.