** No longer affects: linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-armadaxp (Ubuntu Utopic)
** No longer affects: linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-goldfish (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-lts-vivid (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-mako (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-flo (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu Utopic) ** No longer affects: linux-manta (Ubuntu Utopic) ** Description changed: - Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_matching_model_microcode function in - arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 - allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by constructing a - crafted microcode header and leveraging root privileges for write access to - the initrd. + Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_matching_model_microcode function + in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c in the Linux kernel + before 4.0 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by + constructing a crafted microcode header and leveraging root privileges + for write access to the initrd. Break-Fix: ec400ddeff200b068ddc6c70f7321f49ecf32ed5 f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1438504 Title: CVE-2015-2666 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1438504/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
