1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-9035-1

USN-9035-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Publication date

10 November 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Releases

Packages

Details

Pengfei Wang discovered that the Turtle Beach MultiSound audio device
driver in the Linux kernel contained race conditions when fetching from the
ring-buffer, leading to an out-of-bounds access. A local attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-9986)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

  • Ethernet bonding driver;
  • PCI subsystem;
  • SCSI subsystem;
  • Tracing infrastructure;
  • B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  • IUCV driver

Pengfei Wang discovered that the Turtle Beach MultiSound audio device
driver in the Linux kernel contained race conditions when fetching from the
ring-buffer, leading to an out-of-bounds access. A local attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-9986)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

  • Ethernet bonding driver;
  • PCI subsystem;
  • SCSI subsystem;
  • Tracing infrastructure;
  • B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  • IUCV driver

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 LTS trusty linux-image-3.13.0-220-generic –  3.13.0-220.271  
linux-image-3.13.0-220-lowlatency –  3.13.0-220.271  
linux-image-generic –  3.13.0.220.230  
linux-image-generic-lts-trusty –  3.13.0.220.230  
linux-image-lowlatency –  3.13.0.220.230  
linux-image-server –  3.13.0.220.230  
linux-image-virtual –  3.13.0.220.230  

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