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apport-collect 1595350 and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'. If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'. This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1595350 Title: Linux netfilter local privilege escalation issues Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The upstream stable rc git tree (http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable- rc.git/log/?h=linux-4.6.y) currently has the following commits for netfilter that address (with unprivileged user namespaces enabled) local privilege escalation. These are the commit references in linus' tree: f24e230d257af1ad7476c6e81a8dc3127a74204e netfilter: x_tables: don't move to non-existent next rule 36472341017529e2b12573093cc0f68719300997 netfilter: x_tables: validate targets of jumps 7d35812c3214afa5b37a675113555259cfd67b98 netfilter: x_tables: add and use xt_check_entry_offsets aa412ba225dd3bc36d404c28cdc3d674850d80d0 netfilter: x_tables: kill check_entry helper a08e4e190b866579896c09af59b3bdca821da2cd netfilter: x_tables: assert minimum target size fc1221b3a163d1386d1052184202d5dc50d302d1 netfilter: x_tables: add compat version of xt_check_entry_offsets 7ed2abddd20cf8f6bd27f65bd218f26fa5bf7f44 netfilter: x_tables: check standard target size too ce683e5f9d045e5d67d1312a42b359cb2ab2a13c netfilter: x_tables: check for bogus target offset 13631bfc604161a9d69cd68991dff8603edd66f9 netfilter: x_tables: validate all offsets and sizes in a rule 7b7eba0f3515fca3296b8881d583f7c1042f5226 netfilter: x_tables: don't reject valid target size on some architectures 8dddd32756f6fe8e4e82a63361119b7e2384e02f netfilter: arp_tables: simplify translate_compat_table args 7d3f843eed29222254c9feab481f55175a1afcc9 netfilter: ip_tables: simplify translate_compat_table args 329a0807124f12fe1c8032f95d8a8eb47047fb0e netfilter: ip6_tables: simplify translate_compat_table args 0188346f21e6546498c2a0f84888797ad4063fc5 netfilter: x_tables: xt_compat_match_from_user doesn't need a retval 09d9686047dbbe1cf4faa558d3ecc4aae2046054 netfilter: x_tables: do compat validation via translate_table d7591f0c41ce3e67600a982bab6989ef0f07b3ce netfilter: x_tables: introduce and use xt_copy_counters_from_user They have also been backported to the 4.4 (http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable- rc.git/log/?h=linux-4.4.y) and 3.14 (http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable- rc.git/log/?h=linux-3.14.y) stable trees, with 3 additional prerequisite backported commits: bdf533de6968e9686df777dc178486f600c6e617 netfilter: x_tables: validate e->target_offset early 6e94e0cfb0887e4013b3b930fa6ab1fe6bb6ba91 netfilter: x_tables: make sure e->next_offset covers remaining blob size 54d83fc74aa9ec72794373cb47432c5f7fb1a309 netfilter: x_tables: fix unconditional helper CRD: Public To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1595350/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp