USN-3443-2: linux-hwe Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-3443-2 is a vulnerability in linux-hwe Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
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Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2Timeline
- 10-10-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 10-02-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
linux-hwe vulnerabilities USN-3443-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that on the PowerPC architecture, the kernel did not properly sanitize the signal stack when handling sigreturn(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-1000255) Andrey Konovalov discovered that a divide-by-zero error existed in the TCP stack implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-14106)
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Public exploits
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Weaknesses
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Affected systems
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Ubuntu1 product
- linux-hwe< 4.10.0-37.41~16.04.1
1 vendor · 1 product