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-...

MGASA-2017-0003 Updated kernel-linus 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...

MGASA-2016-0429 Updated kernel and kmod 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 A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver allows users with write access ...

Updated kernel and kmod 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 A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver allows users with write access ...

Race condition

Race condition in the sndpcmperiodelapsed function in sound/core/pcmlib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRVPCMTRIGGERSTART command...

CVE-2016-9794

Race condition in the sndpcmperiodelapsed function in sound/core/pcmlib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRVPCMTRIGGERSTART command...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9794

Race condition in the sndpcmperiodelapsed function in sound/core/pcmlib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRVPCMTRIGGERSTART command...

CVE-2016-9794

Race condition in the sndpcmperiodelapsed function in sound/core/pcmlib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRVPCMTRIGGERSTART command...

CVE-2016-9794

CVE-2016-9794 is a local, use-after-free race in ALSA’s snd_pcm_period_elapsed() in the Linux kernel before 4.7. A crafted SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START can trigger memory corruption, enabling a local attacker to cause a denial of service (and possibly other impact) on affected systems. Public write-up...

CVE-2016-9794

Race condition in the sndpcmperiodelapsed function in sound/core/pcmlib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRVPCMTRIGGERSTART command...

CVE-2016-9794

Race condition in the sndpcmperiodelapsed function in sound/core/pcmlib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRVPCMTRIGGERSTART command...

CVE-2016-9794

Race condition in the sndpcmperiodelapsed function in sound/core/pcmlib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRVPCMTRIGGERSTART command...

CVE-2016-9794: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

Race condition in the sndpcmperiodelapsed function in sound/core/pcmlib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRVPCMTRIGGERSTART command...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:3252-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP 2 kernel was updated to fix two security issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-9576: A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver allows users with write access to /dev/sg or /dev/bsg to elevate their privileges bsc1013604. -...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:3248-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP 3 kernel was updated to fix two security issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-9576: A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver allows users with write access to /dev/sg or /dev/bsg to elevate their privileges bsc1013604. -...

OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0181)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - x86/iopl/64: properly context-switch IOPL on Xen PV Andy Lutomirski Orabug: 25269184 CVE-2016-3157 - net: Fix use after free in the recvmmsg exit path Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Orabug: 25298618...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:3217-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to receive two security fixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-9576: A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver allows users with write access to /dev/sg or /dev/bsg to elevate their privileges bsc1013604. -...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:3203-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to fix two security issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-9576: A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver allows users with write access to /dev/sg or /dev/bsg to elevate their privileges bsc1013604. -...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:3188-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP 2 kernel was updated to fix two security issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-9576: A use-after-free vulnerability in the SCSI generic driver allows users with write access to /dev/sg or /dev/bsg to elevate their privileges bsc1013604. -...