Ubuntu 1268-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: linux-image-2.6.24-30-386 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-generic 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-hppa32 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-hppa64 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-itanium 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-lpia 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-lpiacompat 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-mckinley 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-openvz 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc-smp 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-powerpc64-smp 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-rt 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-server 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-sparc64 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-sparc64-smp 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-virtual 2.6.24-30.96 linux-image-2.6.24-30-xen 2.6.24-30.96 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1268-1
CVE-2011-1585, CVE-2011-1767, CVE-2011-1768, CVE-2011-2491,
CVE-2011-2496, CVE-2011-2525, CVE-2011-3209
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.24-30.96