Ubuntu has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and to disclose certain sensitive information, or by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, and to cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA17504
SA17261
SA16969
SA17114
SA15786
SA16494
SA14585

Note: A resource leak in the handling of POSIX timers in the exec() function has also been fixed.

Solution
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