USN-3084-2

Advisory lineage Upstream: 6 Downstream: 0
Published: 19 Sept 2016, 18:59
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:29

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Sept 2016, 18:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:29
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities USN-3084-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the audit subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to corrupt audit logs or disrupt system-call auditing. (CVE-2016-6136) It was discovered that the powerpc and powerpc64 hypervisor-mode KVM implementation in the Linux kernel for did not properly maintain state about transactional memory. An unprivileged attacker in a guest could cause a denial of service (CPU lockup) in the host OS. (CVE-2016-5412) Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the Chrome OS embedded controller device driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6156)

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1

References (4)