Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.100 and fixes at least the following security issues: Cross-hyperthread Spectre v2 mitigation is now provided by the Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors STIBP support. Note that STIBP also requires the functionality be supported by the...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-203)

The openSUSE Leap 15.0 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2019-3459,CVE-2019-3460: Two information leaks in the bluetooth stack were fixed. bnc1120758. - CVE-2019-7221: A use-after-free in the KVM nVMX hrtimer was fixed...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-140)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 Linux kernel was updated to 4.4.172 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2019-3459,CVE-2019-3460: Two remote information leak vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth stack were fixed that could potentially leak kernel information...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0140-1 Rating: important References: 1012382 1015336 1015337 1015340 1019683 1019695 1020645 1023175 1027260 1031492 1043083 1047487 1065600 1068032 1070805 1079935 1086423 1087082 1091405 1094244...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2019-0002)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - rds: congestion updates can be missed when kernel low on memory Mukesh Kacker Orabug: 28425811 - net/rds: ib: Fix endless RNR Retries caused by memory allocation failures Venkat Venkatsubra Orabug:...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3879-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3879-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal fo...

USN-3879-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3879-1 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. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could...

USN-3879-2 linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

USN-3879-1 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. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could...

USN-3879-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal for an inline file. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system cras...

USN-3879-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal for an inline file. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system cras...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:0222-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel for Azure was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-19407: The vcpuscanioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and BUG via...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:13937-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 3.0.101 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-9516: In hiddebugeventsread of drivers/hid/hid-debug.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0065-1 Rating: important References: 1024718 1046299 1050242 1050244 1051510 1055121 1055186 1058115 1060463 1065729 1078248 1079935 1082387 1083647 1086282 1086283 1086423 1087978 1088386 1090888...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4510)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4510 advisory. - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix UAF decrement if card has no live interfaces in card.c Hui Peng Orabug: 29042981 CVE-2018-19824 - ALSA: usb-audio: Replace...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

Linux kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. Local users are able to exploit a race condition in the ALSA subsystem to crash the application via malicious /dev/snd/seq ioctl calls. The crash is a result of a use-after-free UAF bug in sndseqioctlcreateport...

Privilege Escalation

kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks. The vulnerability exists through a use-after-free vulnerability in the sndpcminfo function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors...

Information Disclosure

Linxu kernel is vulnerable to information disclosure. It was found that the timer functionality in the Linux kernel ALSA subsystem is prone to a race condition between read and ioctl system call handlers, resulting in an uninitialized memory disclosure to user space. A local user could use this...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.14.35-1844.1.3 - net: rds: fix rdsibsysctlmaxrecvallocation error Zhu Yanjun Orabug: 29003422 - nfs: dont dirty kernel pages read by direct-io Dave Kleikamp Orabug: 29122062 - KVM: X86: Fix scan ioapic use-before-initialization Wanpeng Li Orabug: 29026132 CVE-2018-19407 - hugetlb: take PMD...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.24.3 - ext4: update idisksize when new eof exceeds it Shan Hai Orabug: 28940828 - ext4: update idisksize if direct write past ondisk size Eryu Guan Orabug: 28940828 - ext4: protect idisksize update by idatasem in direct write path Eryu Guan Orabug: 28940828 - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix UAF...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.29.1 - Copy secureboot flag in boot params across kexec reboot Dave Young Orabug: 22066352 CVE-2015-7837 - ipv6: tcp: add rcu locking in tcpv6sendsynack Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25059183 CVE-2016-3841 - ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np-opt Eric Dumazet Orabug: 2505918...