Ubuntu Security Notice 4419-1 - It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Precision Time Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after- free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Matthew Sheets discovered that the SELinux network label handling implementation in the Linux kernel could be coerced into de-referencing a NULL pointer. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
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