OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0017) (Meltdown)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - drivers/char/mem.c: deny access in open operation when securelevel is set Ethan Zhao Orabug: 27234850 Orabug: 27234850 - hugetlb: fix nrpmds accounting with shared page tables Kirill A. Shutemov Orabu...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-112.14.14 - drivers/char/mem.c: deny access in open operation when securelevel is set Ethan Zhao Orabug: 27234850 Orabug: 27234850 - hugetlb: fix nrpmds accounting with shared page tables Kirill A. Shutemov Orabug: 26988581 - x86/IBRS: Drop unnecessary WRITEONCE Boris Ostrovsky Orabug:...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.16 and fixes several security issues. The most important fixes in this update is for the security issue named "Spectre, variant 2 CVE-2017-5715" that is partly mitigated by enabling retpoline support. For full retpoline mitigation, kernel needs to ...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2018-944)

Race condition in rawsendmsg function allows denial-of-service or kernel addresses leak A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of rawsendmsg allowing a local attacker to panic the kernel or possibly leak kernel addresses. A local attacker, with the privilege of creating raw sockets...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: Race condition in rawsendmsg function allows denial-of-service or kernel addresses leak A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of rawsendmsg allowing a local attacker to panic the kernel or possibly leak kernel addresses. A local attacker, with the privilege of...

Important kernel security update: CVE-2017-8824 and other; Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 42.0 for Virtuozzo 7.0.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.3

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch was updated with security and stability fixes. The patch applies to Virtuozzo kernels 3.10.0-327.18.2.vz7.15.2 Virtuozzo 7.0.0, 3.10.0-327.42.0.vz7.18.7 Virtuozzo 7.0.1, and 3.10.0-327.42.0.vz7.20.18 Virtuozzo 7.0.3. Vulnerability id: CVE-2017-8824 A...

Debian DSA-4082-1 : linux - security update (Meltdown)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-5754 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Intel processors, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3657)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3657 advisory. - mm: Tighten x86 /dev/mem with zeroing reads Kees Cook Orabug: 26675925 CVE-2017-7889 - more biomapuseriov leak fixes Al Viro Orabug: 27069042...

OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0173) (BlueBorne) (Stack Clash)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - tty: Fix race in ptywrite leading to NULL deref Todd Vierling - ocfs2/dlm: ignore cleaning the migration mle that is inuse xuejiufei Orabug: 26479780 - KEYS: fix dereferencing NULL payload with nonzer...

Linux Kernel - DCCP Socket Use-After-Free Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category dos / poc / This is an announcement for CVE-2017-8824 which is a use-after-free vulnerability I found in Linux DCCP socket. It can be used to gain kernel code execution from unprivileged processes. You’ll find in attachment the proof of concept code and the...

Linux Kernel 4.10.5 4.14.3 (Ubuntu) - DCCP Socket Use-After-Free

Linux Kernel 4.10.5 4.14.3 Ubuntu - DCCP Socket Use-After-Free / This is an announcement for CVE-2017-8824 which is a use-after-free vulnerability I found in Linux DCCP socket. It can be used to gain kernel code execution from unprivileged processes. You’ll find in attachment the proof of concept...

Linux Kernel DCCP Socket Use-After-Free

/ This is an announcement for CVE-2017-8824 which is a use-after-free vulnerability I found in Linux DCCP socket. It can be used to gain kernel code execution from unprivileged processes. Youall find in attachment the proof of concept code and the kernel panic log. BUG DETAILS When a socket sock...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.20.1 - tty: Fix race in ptywrite leading to NULL deref Todd Vierling Orabug: 25392692 - ocfs2/dlm: ignore cleaning the migration mle that is inuse xuejiufei Orabug: 26479780 - KEYS: fix dereferencing NULL payload with nonzero length Eric Biggers Orabug: 26592025 - oracleasm:...

Linux Kernel 4.10.5 / < 4.14.3 (Ubuntu) - DCCP Socket Use-After-Free

/ This is an announcement for CVE-2017-8824 which is a use-after-free vulnerability I found in Linux DCCP socket. It can be used to gain kernel code execution from unprivileged processes. You’ll find in attachment the proof of concept code and the kernel panic log. BUG DETAILS When a socket sock...

Linux kernel memory misreference vulnerability (CNVD-2018-00233)

The Linux kernel is a computer operating system kernel written in C and assembly language, compliant with the POSIX standard, and distributed under the GNU General Public License. A memory misreference vulnerability exists in the dccpdisconnect function in net/dccp/proto.c in 4.14.3 and earlier...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8824

The dccpdisconnect function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via an AFUNSPEC connect system call during the DCCPLISTEN state...

CVE-2017-8824

CVE-2017-8824 affects the Linux kernel DCCP implementation. The bug is a use-after-free in dccp_disconnect (net/dccp/proto.c) that can be triggered by an AF_UNSPEC connect while in the DCCP_LISTEN state, allowing a local user to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service. Public advisories ...

CVE-2017-8824

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in DCCP socket code affecting the Linux kernel since 2.6.16. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to their escalate privileges...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8824

The dccpdisconnect function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via an AFUNSPEC connect system call during the DCCPLISTEN state...

OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0168)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - nvme: Drop nvmeq-qlock before dmapoolalloc, so as to prevent hard lockups Aruna Ramakrishna Orabug: 25409587 - nvme: Handle PM1725 HIL reset Martin K. Petersen Orabug: 26277600 - char: lp: fix possibl...