Canonical Patches Seven Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 16.04, Update Now | Linux Today

Canonical Patches Seven Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 16.04, Update Now

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Marius Nestor
Jun 27, 2016

Among the patches, we can notice validation issues with Linux kernel’s netfilter implementation, an information leak in the core USB implementation, an information leak in the timer handling implementation, an information leak in the X.25 Call Request handling, and a bug in the Transparent Inter-process Communication (TIPC) implementation.

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Marius Nestor

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