Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1575-1
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/116696/USN-1575-1.txt
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/116696/USN-1575-1.txthttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/116696/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-1575-1.htmlThu, 20 Sep 2012 02:00:46 GMTUbuntu Security Notice 1575-1 - Ben Hutchings reported a flaw in the Linux kernel with some network drivers that support TSO (TCP segment offload). A local or peer user could exploit this flaw to to cause a denial of service. Jay Fenlason and Doug Ledford discovered a bug in the Linux kernel implementation of RDS sockets. A local unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to read privileged information from the kernel. Various other issues were also addressed.