USN-3847-2 linux-hwe, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp vulnerabilities

USN-3847-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the raw MIDI driver for the Linux...

USN-3847-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the raw MIDI driver for the Linux kernel, leading to a double free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-10902 It was discovered that an integer overr...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:4069-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-19824: A local user could exploit a use-after-free in the ALSA driver by supplying a malicious USB Sound device with zero interfaces that is mishandled i...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.14.35-1818.5.4 - RDS: null pointer dereference in rdsatomicfreeop Mohamed Ghannam Orabug: 28020694 CVE-2018-5333 - x86/speculation: Make enhanced IBRS the default spectre v2 mitigation Alejandro Jimenez Orabug: 28474853 - x86/speculation: Enable enhanced IBRS usage Alejandro Jimenez Orabug:...

Ubuntu 18.10 : linux, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3835-1)

Jann Horn discovered that the procfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the ability to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-17972 Jann Horn discovered that the mremap system...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3832-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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-3835-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the procfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the ability to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-17972 Jann Horn discovered that the mremap system...

USN-3832-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the procfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the ability to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-17972 Jann Horn discovered that the mremap system...

Ubuntu 18.10 : Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities (USN-3832-1)

Jann Horn discovered that the procfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the ability to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-17972 Jann Horn discovered that the mremap system...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.162 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-18281: The mremap syscall performs TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If a syscall such as ftruncate removes entries from the pagetables of a...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1342)

The openSUSE Leap 15.0 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-18710: An information leak in cdromioctlselectdisc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 15.0 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-18710: An information leak in cdromioctlselectdisc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned lo...

[ASA-201811-2] linux-lts: denial of service

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201811-2 ========================================= Severity: Low Date : 2018-11-01 CVE-ID : CVE-2018-18445 Package : linux-lts Type : denial of service Remote : No Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-801 Summary ======= The package linux-lts before version...

[ASA-201811-1] linux: denial of service

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201811-1 ========================================= Severity: Low Date : 2018-11-01 CVE-ID : CVE-2018-18445 Package : linux Type : denial of service Remote : No Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-784 Summary ======= The package linux before version...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.78 and fixes at least the following security issues: An issue was discovered in the fdlockedioctl function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7. The floppy driver will copy a kernel pointer to user memory in response to the...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on the upstream 4.14.78 and adds additional fixes for the L1TF security issues. It also fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel from versions 3.9 and up, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packets...

Linux kernel out-of-bounds access vulnerability (CNVD-2018-26908)

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel, which arises from the program failing to properly compute numeric bounds. An attacker could...

CVE-2018-18445

In the Linux kernel 4.14.x, 4.15.x, 4.16.x, 4.17.x, and 4.18.x before 4.18.13, faulty computation of numeric bounds in the BPF verifier permits out-of-bounds memory accesses because adjustscalarminmaxvals in kernel/bpf/verifier.c mishandles 32-bit right shifts...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18445

In the Linux kernel 4.14.x, 4.15.x, 4.16.x, 4.17.x, and 4.18.x before 4.18.13, faulty computation of numeric bounds in the BPF verifier permits out-of-bounds memory accesses because adjustscalarminmaxvals in kernel/bpf/verifier.c mishandles 32-bit right shifts...

CVE-2018-18445

In the Linux kernel 4.14.x, 4.15.x, 4.16.x, 4.17.x, and 4.18.x before 4.18.13, faulty computation of numeric bounds in the BPF verifier permits out-of-bounds memory accesses because adjustscalarminmaxvals in kernel/bpf/verifier.c mishandles 32-bit right shifts...