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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842890
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3084-3)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-raspi2' package(s) announced via the USN-3084-3 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-raspi2' package(s) announced via the USN-3084-3 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the audit subsystem in the
Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to corrupt audit logs or
disrupt system-call auditing. (CVE-2016-6136)

It was discovered that the powerpc and powerpc64 hypervisor-mode KVM
implementation in the Linux kernel for did not properly maintain state
about transactional memory. An unprivileged attacker in a guest could cause
a denial of service (CPU lockup) in the host OS. (CVE-2016-5412)

Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the Chrome OS embedded
controller device driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6156)

Affected Software/OS:
'linux-raspi2' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5412
RHSA-2016:2574
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
[oss-security] 20160728 CVE-2016-5412 Kernel: powerpc: kvm: Infinite loop via H_CEDE hypercall when running under hypervisor-mode
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/2
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93d17397e4e2182fdaad503e2f9da46202c0f1c3
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f024ee098476a3e620232e4a78cfac505f121245
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349916
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/93d17397e4e2182fdaad503e2f9da46202c0f1c3
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f024ee098476a3e620232e4a78cfac505f121245
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6136
BugTraq ID: 91558
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91558
Bugtraq: 20160704 [CVE-2016-6136] Double-Fetch Vulnerability in Linux-4.6/kernel/auditsc.c (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538835/30/0/threaded
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2574
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2584
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0307
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0307.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6156
BugTraq ID: 91553
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553
Bugtraq: 20160704 [CVE-2016-6156] Double-Fetch Vulnerability in Linux-4.6/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_dev.c (Google Search)
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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