Updated kernel-rt packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-rt update provides as upgrade to upstream 3.14 longterm branch, currently based on 3.14.32 and fixes the following security issues: The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types,...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3073)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3073 advisory. - auditsc: auditkrule mask accesses need bounds checking Andy Lutomirski Orabug: 19590638 CVE-2014-3917 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0957-1)

The Linux Kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. CVE-2014-4699: The Linux kernel on Intel processors did not properly restrict use of a non-canonical value for the saved RIP address in the case of a system call that does not use IRET, which allowed local users to leverage a...

CVE-2014-3917

kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIGAUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service OOPS via a large value of a syscall number...

CVE-2014-3917

CVE-2014-3917 affects the Linux kernel up to 3.14.5, specifically kernel/auditsc.c when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules. Local users can obtain sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or trigger a denial of service (OOPS) by using a large syscall number. Exploitat...

CVE-2014-3917: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIGAUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service OOPS via a large value of a syscall number...

CVE-2005-3181: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIGAUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free namescache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denia...