Ubuntu 1390-1: 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-2.6.24-31-386 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-generic 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-hppa32 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-hppa64 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-itanium 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-lpia 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-lpiacompat 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-mckinley 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-openvz 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-powerpc 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-powerpc-smp 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-powerpc64-smp 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-rt 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-server 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-sparc64 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-sparc64-smp 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-virtual 2.6.24-31.99 linux-image-2.6.24-31-xen 2.6.24-31.99 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-1390-1
CVE-2011-1476, CVE-2011-1477, CVE-2011-2182, CVE-2011-4324,
CVE-2012-0028
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.24-31.99