It was discovered that a race condition existed in the GFS2 file system in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). It was discovered that a use-after-free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel when certain failure conditions occurred. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
5442de6a129171e9103a7acd9d861ab0fda6074505e32a4ad08db9df45b30c61Ubuntu Security Notice 4145-1 - It was discovered that a race condition existed in the GFS2 file system in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate socket options in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
d8ef831cccbb75205a0fe90a3bdbf104e78019136be3165a75d091b11d684f97Slackware Security Advisory - New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix a security issue.
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