A linux security update has been released for Debian

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2926-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
May 12, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : linux
CVE ID : CVE-2014-0196 CVE-2014-1737 CVE-2014-1738 CVE-2014-2851
CVE-2014-3122

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that
may lead to a denial of service, information leaks or privilege
escalation:

CVE-2014-0196

Jiri Slaby discovered a race condition in the pty layer, which could
lead to denial of service or privilege escalation.

CVE-2014-1737 / CVE-2014-1738

Matthew Daley discovered that missing input sanitising in the
FDRAWCMD ioctl and an information leak could result in privilege
escalation.

CVE-2014-2851

Incorrect reference counting in the ping_init_sock() function allows
denial of service or privilege escalation.

CVE-2014-3122

Incorrect locking of memory can result in local denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.2.57-3+deb7u1. This update also fixes a regression in the isci
driver and suspend problems with certain AMD CPUs (introduced in the
updated kernel from the Wheezy 7.5 point release).

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

  DSA 2926-1: linux security update