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[Steve Beattie <sbeattie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** No longer affects: linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-armadaxp (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-goldfish (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-lts-vivid (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-mako (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-lts-utopic (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-flo (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu Utopic)

** No longer affects: linux-manta (Ubuntu Utopic)

** Description changed:

- Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_matching_model_microcode function in
- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0
- allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by constructing a
- crafted microcode header and leveraging root privileges for write access to
- the initrd.
+ Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_matching_model_microcode function
+ in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c in the Linux kernel
+ before 4.0 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by
+ constructing a crafted microcode header and leveraging root privileges
+ for write access to the initrd.
  
  Break-Fix: ec400ddeff200b068ddc6c70f7321f49ecf32ed5
  f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1438504

Title:
  CVE-2015-2666

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-armadaxp package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-ec2 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-flo package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-fsl-imx51 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-goldfish package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-quantal package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-raring package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-saucy package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-trusty package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-utopic package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-vivid package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mako package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-manta package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mvl-dove package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux-raspi2 package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux-ti-omap4 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-armadaxp source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-ec2 source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-flo source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-fsl-imx51 source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-goldfish source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-quantal source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-raring source package in Precise:
  Won't Fix
Status in linux-lts-saucy source package in Precise:
  Won't Fix
Status in linux-lts-trusty source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-lts-utopic source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-vivid source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mako source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-manta source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mvl-dove source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux-ti-omap4 source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-armadaxp source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-ec2 source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-flo source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-fsl-imx51 source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-goldfish source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-quantal source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-raring source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-saucy source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-trusty source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-utopic source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in linux-lts-vivid source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mako source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-manta source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mvl-dove source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux-ti-omap4 source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-armadaxp source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-ec2 source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-flo source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-fsl-imx51 source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-goldfish source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-quantal source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-raring source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-saucy source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-trusty source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-utopic source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-vivid source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mako source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-manta source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mvl-dove source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux-ti-omap4 source package in Vivid:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-armadaxp source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-ec2 source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-flo source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-fsl-imx51 source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-goldfish source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-quantal source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-raring source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-saucy source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-trusty source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-utopic source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-lts-vivid source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mako source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-manta source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-mvl-dove source package in Wily:
  Invalid
Status in linux-ti-omap4 source package in Wily:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_matching_model_microcode
  function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c in the Linux
  kernel before 4.0 allows context-dependent attackers to gain
  privileges by constructing a crafted microcode header and leveraging
  root privileges for write access to the initrd.

  Break-Fix: ec400ddeff200b068ddc6c70f7321f49ecf32ed5
  f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4

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