USN-3070-4 linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities

USN-3070-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user cou...

USN-3070-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL. CVE-2016-1237 Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacke...

Android on Nexus Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06228)

Android on Nexus 5 and 7 is an open source operating system for the Nexus 5 and 7 smartphones based on Linux, developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.The Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. Linux kerne...

USN-3002-1 linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities

Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2016-2117 Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use...

USN-2997-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3005-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3005-1 advisory. Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use th...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3006-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3006-1 advisory. Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use th...

arm: Host crash caused by VMID exhaustion

ISSUE DESCRIPTION VMIDs are a finite hardware resource, and allocated as part of domain creation. If no free VMIDs are available when trying to create a new domain, a bug in the error path causes a NULL pointer to be used, resulting in a Data Abort and host crash. IMPACT Attempting to create too...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2968-2)

USN-2968-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kerne...

USN-2971-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Zach Riggle discovered that the Linux kernel's list...

USN-2971-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-2971-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 15.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 15.10 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did no...

USN-2968-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-2968-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kerne...

USN-2948-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB driver for Clie devices in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7566 Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in...

Huawei Mate 7 - '/dev/hifi_misc' Privilege Escalation

/ HuaWei Mate7 hifi driver Poc Writen by pray3r, / include include include include include include define HIFIMISCIOCTLWRITEPARAMS IOWR'A', 0x75, struct misciosyncparam struct misciosyncparam void parain; unsigned int parasizein; void paraout; unsigned int parasizeout; ; int mainint arg, char arg...

USN-2843-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

郭永刚 discovered that the ppp implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid. A local attacker with the privilege to call ioctl on /dev/ppp could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7799 Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring...

qemu -- denial of service vulnerability in USB EHCI emulation support

Prasad J Pandit, Red Hat Product Security Team, reports: Qemu emulator built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It occurs during communication between host controller interfaceEHCI and a respective device driver. These two communicate via a isochronous...

Android 'PPP Character Device Driver' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google Inc. and the Open Handheld Consortium. Android suffers from a local denial-of-service vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit the vulnerability to crash applications...

USN-2749-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md multiple device driver when the bitmapinfo.file is disabled. A local privileged attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel. CVE-2015-5697 Marc-André Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly...

USN-2748-1 linux vulnerabilities

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md multiple device driver when the bitmapinfo.file is disabled. A local privileged attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel. CVE-2015-5697 Marc-André Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly...

USN-2732-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md multiple device driver when the bitmapinfo.file is disabled. A local privileged attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel...