USN-3208-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-10088 CAI Qian discovered that t...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3208-2)

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 16.10 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3209-1)

It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-10088 Jim Mattson discovered tha...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3208-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3208-2 advisory. USN-3208-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3208-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3208-1 advisory. It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacke...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3791-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 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-3190-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Mikulas Patocka discovered that the asynchronous multibuffer cryptographic daemon mcryptd in the Linux kernel did not properly handle being invoked with incompatible algorithms. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10147 It was discovered that a...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3514)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3514 advisory. - vfio/pci: Fix integer overflows, bitmask check Vlad Tsyrklevich Orabug: 25164094 CVE-2016-9083 CVE-2016-9084 - Don't feed anything but regular...

spice security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:0253 An update for spice-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed...

CVE-2017-2596

The nestedvmxcheckvmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS memory consumption by leveraging the mishandling of page references...

Design/Logic Flaw

The nestedvmxcheckvmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS memory consumption by leveraging the mishandling of page references...

CVE-2017-2596

The nestedvmxcheckvmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS memory consumption by leveraging the mishandling of page references...

CVE-2017-2596

CVE-2017-2596 affects the Linux kernel’s KVM VMX handling. The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c through kernel 4.9.8 incorrectly emulates the VMXON instruction, enabling a local L1 guest user to cause host memory exhaustion and a denial of service by abusing mishandled page r...

CVE-2016-10150

Use-after-free vulnerability in the kvmioctlcreatedevice function in virt/kvm/kvmmain.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.13 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly gain privileges via crafted ioctl calls on the /dev/kvm device...

CVE-2016-10150

Use-after-free vulnerability in the kvmioctlcreatedevice function in virt/kvm/kvmmain.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.13 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash or possibly gain privileges via crafted ioctl calls on the /dev/kvm device...

CVE-2017-2596

The nestedvmxcheckvmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS memory consumption by leveraging the mishandling of page references...

Ubuntu 16.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3190-1)

Mikulas Patocka discovered that the asynchronous multibuffer cryptographic daemon mcryptd in the Linux kernel did not properly handle being invoked with incompatible algorithms. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10147 It was discovered that a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2583

The loadsegmentdescriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 improperly emulates a "MOV SS, NULL selector" instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service guest OS crash or gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application...

USN-3190-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mikulas Patocka discovered that the asynchronous multibuffer cryptographic daemon mcryptd in the Linux kernel did not properly handle being invoked with incompatible algorithms. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10147 It was discovered that a...

Kernel security update: Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 10.0 for kernels 3.10.0-327.18.2.vz7.15.2 (Virtuozzo 7.0.0), 3.10.0-327.36.1.vz7.18.7 (Virtuozzo 7.0.1), and 3.10.0-327.36.1.vz7.20.18 (Virtuozzo 7.0.3)

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch updated with security fixes. The patch applies to Virtuozzo versions 7.0.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.3. Vulnerability id: CVE-2017-2583 Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine CONFIGKVM support is vulnerable to an incorrect segment selectorSS valu...