[Ksplice][Ubuntu-15.04-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-3034-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: USN-3034-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2016-3070

Systems running Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-3034-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid
install these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* Denial-of-service in USB HID event handling.

Missing validation in the HID event handling could result in
out-of-bounds memory accesses.  An attacker with physical access to the
system could use this flaw to trigger a denial-of-service.


* CVE-2016-3070: Denial of service when migrating dirty pages.

A NULL pointer dereference could happen when migrating dirty pages from an
AIO ring buffer to another node.  A local, unprivileged user could use this
flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.