Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3169-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3169-1 advisory. Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3167-1)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. Baozeng Ding discovered a race condition that could lead to a use-after-...

Ubuntu 16.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3170-1)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-3168-2)

USN-3168-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3170-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows...

USN-3169-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3169-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3169-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows...

USN-3168-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3168-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3168-1 linux vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows...

USN-3168-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows...

USN-3167-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Baozeng Ding discovered a race condition that could lead to...

USN-3167-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. Baozeng Ding discovered a race condition that could lead to a use-after-...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2017:0002-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update is based on upstream 4.4.39 and fixes at least the following security issues: Due to lack of size checking on ICMP header length, it is possible to cause out-of-bounds read on stack CVE-2016-8399 The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-1)

The openSUSE 42.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-9756: KVM: x86: drop error recovery in emjmpfar and emretfar bsc1013038. The following non-security bugs were fixed : - scsi: megaraidsas: fix macro MEGASASISLOGICAL ...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE 42.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-9756: KVM: x86: drop error recovery in emjmpfar and emretfar bsc1013038. The following non-security bugs were fixed: - scsi: megaraidsas: fix macro MEGASASISLOGICAL to...

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-2016-9777

KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index, which allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds array access and host OS crash via a crafted interrupt request, related to...

CVE-2016-9777

KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index, which allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds array access and host OS crash via a crafted interrupt request, related to...

Out-of-bounds

KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index, which allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds array access and host OS crash via a crafted interrupt request, related to...