*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Public security bug reported:
Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the af_packet implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges. Full description: http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu- security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-8655.html ** Affects: linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: kernel-cve-tracking-bug ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security ** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi- bin/cvename.cgi?name=2016-8655 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-lts-utopic in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1647693 Title: CVE-2016-8655 Status in linux-lts-utopic package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the af_packet implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges. Full description: http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu- security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-8655.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-utopic/+bug/1647693/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
