EUVD-2017-16861

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Improper Access Control

Linux kernel is vulnerable to improper access control. The vulnerability exists because the mm subsystem in the Linux kernel does not properly enforce the CONFIGSTRICTDEVMEM protection mechanism. Local users could read or write to kernel memory locations in the first megabyte and bypass...

Important kernel security update: CVE-2018-10675 and other issues; new kernel 2.6.32-042stab131.1; Virtuozzo 6.0 Update 12 Hotfix 28 (6.0.12-3709)

This update provides a new kernel 2.6.32-042stab131.1 for Virtuozzo 6.0 that is a rebase to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 kernel 2.6.32-754.el6. The new kernel introduces security and stability fixes. Vulnerability id: CVE-2018-10675 The dogetmempolicy function in 'mm/mempolicy.c' in the Linu...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3312-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3312-1 advisory. It was discovered that the netfilter netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate batch messages. A local attacker with the...

CVE-2017-7889

The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.10 does not properly enforce the CONFIGSTRICTDEVMEM protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first megabyte and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions via an application that opens the...

CVE-2017-7889

CVE-2017-7889 affects the Linux kernel mm subsystem (up to 3.2); a local attacker with access to /dev/mem can read/write kernel memory due to CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM not being properly enforced in arch/x86/mm/init.c and drivers/char/mem.c. Public details: Debian security advisories show fixes (e.g.,...

CVE-2017-7889: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 does not properly enforce the CONFIGSTRICTDEVMEM protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first megabyte and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions via an application that opens the...