kernel security and bug fix update

3.10.0-693.11.1.OL7 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel [email protected] - Update x509.genkey bug 24817676 3.10.0-693.11.1 - powerpc perf: Fix book3s kernel to userspace backtraces Gustavo...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kvm (SUSE-SU-2017:3084-1)

This update for kvm fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-2620: In CIRRUSBLTMODEMEMSYSSRC mode the bitblit copy routine cirrusbitbltcputovideo failed to check the memory region, allowing for an out-of-bounds write that allows for privilege escalation bsc1024972 -...

SUSE-SU-2017:3084-1 Security update for kvm

This update for kvm fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-2620: In CIRRUSBLTMODEMEMSYSSRC mode the bitblit copy routine cirrusbitbltcputovideo failed to check the memory region, allowing for an out-of-bounds write that allows for privilege escalation bsc1024972 -...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerability (USN-3488-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3488-1 advisory. It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker in a guest VM cou...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerability (USN-3484-3)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3484-3 advisory. It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker in a guest VM cou...

Ubuntu 17.10 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3487-1)

It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS. CVE-2017-12188 It was...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3488-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3484-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3484-3)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-3484-3: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerability

It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS...

USN-3488-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerability

It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS...

USN-3487-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS. CVE-2017-12188 It was...

USN-3484-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-3484-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of...

USN-3484-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of nested levels in guest page tables. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host OS...

Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2017-086)

According to the version of the vzkernel package and the readykernel-patch installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel loaded ELF executables. Provided that an application was built as...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kvm (SUSE-SU-2017:2963-1)

This update for kvm fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2016-9602: The VirtFS host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System9pfs support was vulnerable to an improper link following issue which allowed a privileged user inside guest to access host file system beyond the...

SUSE-SU-2017:2963-1 Security update for kvm

This update for kvm fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-9602: The VirtFS host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System9pfs support was vulnerable to an improper link following issue which allowed a privileged user inside guest to access host file system beyond the...

Kernel: kvm: ARM64: assert failure when accessing PMCCNTR register

An assertion failure issue was found in the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor module built to support visualization on ARM64 architecture platforms. The failure could occur while accessing Performance Monitors Cycle Count Register PMCCNTR from a guest. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0167)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Revert 'drivers/char/mem.c: deny access in open operation when securelevel is set' Brian Maly Orabug: 27037811 - xfs: use dedicated log worker wq to avoid deadlock with cil wq Brian Foster Orabug:...

CVE-2017-15306

The kvmvmioctlcheckextension function in arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash via a KVMCHECKEXTENSION KVMCAPPPCHTM ioctl call to /dev/kvm...