Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4427-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4427-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Kvaser CAN/USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in certain situations. A local attacker could...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2020-0028)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - ipv4: ipv4defaultadvmss should use route mtu Eric Dumazet Orabug: 31563095 - net: ipv4: Refine the ipv4defaultadvmss Gao Feng Orabug: 31563095 - Revert 'bnxten: Remove busy poll logic in the driver.'...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.47.1 - media: ttusb-dec: Fix info-leak in ttusbdecsendcommand Tomas Bortoli Orabug: 31351121 CVE-2019-19533 - can: peakusb: fix slab info leak Johan Hovold Orabug: 31351143 CVE-2019-19534 - ALSA: core: Fix card races between register and disconnect Takashi Iwai Orabug:...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.40.6 - ipv4: ipv4defaultadvmss should use route mtu Eric Dumazet Orabug: 31563095 - net: ipv4: Refine the ipv4defaultadvmss Gao Feng Orabug: 31563095 4.1.12-124.40.5 - Revert 'bnxten: Remove busy poll logic in the driver.' Brian Maly Orabug: 28151475 - md: batch flush requests. NeilBro...

Connected Car Standards – Thank Goodness!

Intelligent transportation systems ITS require harmonization among manufacturers to have any chance of succeeding in the real world. No large-scale car manufacturer, multimodal shipper, or MaaS Mobility as a Service provider will risk investing in a single-vendor solution. Successful ITS require...

CVE-2020-14416

A use-after-free flaw was found in slcanwritewakeup in drivers/net/can/slcan.c in the serial CAN module slcan. A race condition occurs when communicating with can using slcan between the write scheduling the transmit and closing flushing out any pending queues the SLCAN channel. This flaw allows ...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14416

In the Linux kernel before 5.4.16, a race condition in tty-discdata handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c...

LSN-0068-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

It was discovered that the virtual terminal implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle resize events. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2020-8647 It was discovered that the virtual terminal implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race...

USN-4369-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-4369-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the 5.3 Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in overlayfs. This update corrects the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-4363-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Serial CAN interface driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize data. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2020-11494 It was discovered that the linux kernel did not properly validate certain mount options to the...

USN-4369-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly detect that a block was marked dirty in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft a file system image that, when unmounted, could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2019-19377 Trista...

USN-4369-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.3, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.3, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly detect that a block was marked dirty in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft a file system image that, when unmounted, could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2019-19377 Trista...

LSN-0067-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

It was discovered that the Serial CAN interface driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize data. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2020-11494...

LSN-0067-1 Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

It was discovered that the Serial CAN interface driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize data. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2020-11494...

USN-4364-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ADIS16400 IIO IMU Driver for the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2019-19060 It was discovered that the vhost net driver in the Linux kernel...

USN-4364-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ADIS16400 IIO IMU Driver for the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion. CVE-2019-19060 It was discovered that the vhost net driver in the Linux kernel...

USN-4368-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Tristan Madani discovered that the file locking implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. CVE-2019-19769 It was discovered that the Serial CAN interface driver in the Linux...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4363-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1255-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2020-11494: An issue was discovered in slcbump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c, which allowed attackers to read uninitialized canframe data, potentially containing...

Design/Logic Flaw

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WA855RE Firmware Ver: 855rev4-up-ver1-0-1-P120191213-rel60361 Wi-Fi extenders. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechani...