Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2016-0450)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0450 advisory. - fb vm: convert fbmmap to vmiomapmemory helper Jacob Tanenbaum 1035240 CVE-2013-2596 - s390 add dummy ioremappfnrange to asm-s390/pgtable.h Jacob...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2016:0450)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20160315)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Frame Buffer device implementation mapped kernel memory to user space via the mmap syscall. A local user able to access a frame buffer device file /dev/fb could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

Linux kernel denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2015-08552)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the fs/ext4/namei.c file in Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7. An attacker in close physical proximity could exploit this vulnerability to...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2015:1778 centos7

Check the version of kernel SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882285";...

RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2015:1787)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1787 advisory. The kernel-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Two flaws were found in the way the Linux kernel's...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20150915)

A flaw was found in the kernel's implementation of the Berkeley Packet Filter BPF. A local attacker could craft BPF code to crash the system by creating a situation in which the JIT compiler would fail to correctly optimize the JIT image on the last pass. This would lead to the CPU executing...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whic...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system handled replacing of remote attributes under certain conditions. A local user with access to XFS file system mount could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. CVE-2015-0274, Important It was found that...

CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2015:0290)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7. This is the first regular update. Red Hat Product Security has rated this...

RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2015:0694)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0694 advisory. The kernel-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS...

Kernel: fs: ext4 race condition

A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system implementation that allowed a local, unprivileged user to crash the system by simultaneously writing to a file and toggling the ODIRECT flag using fcntlFSETFL on that file...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whic...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:0290 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7. This is the first regul...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7. This is the first regular update. Red Hat Product Security has rated this...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whi...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel / nvidia (ALAS-2013-148)

A malicious Network File System version 4 NFSv4 server could return a crafted reply to a GETACL request, causing a denial of service on the client. CVE-2012-2375 , Moderate A divide-by-zero flaw was found in the TCP Illinois congestion control algorithm implementation in the Linux kernel. If the...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1445-1)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:1445 : Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:0496 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6. This is the fourth...