CVE-2018-1094

The ext4fillsuper function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.15 does not always initialize the crc32c checksum driver, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service ext4xattrinodehash NULL pointer dereference and system crash via a crafted ext4 image...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1093

The ext4validblockbitmap function in fs/ext4/balloc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read and system crash via a crafted ext4 image because balloc.c and ialloc.c do not validate bitmap block numbers...

PT-2018-1240 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 4.15.15 Description: The issue is related to the ext4 xattr check entries function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly validate xattr sizes. This causes misinterpretation of a size as an error code,...

PT-2018-1241 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 4.15.15 Description: The issue is related to the ext4 fill super function in the Linux kernel, which does not always initialize the crc32c checksum driver. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a...

PT-2018-1243 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 4.15.15 Description: The issue is related to the ext4 iget function in the Linux kernel, which mishandles a specific case involving a root directory with a zero i links count. This can be exploited by attackers t...

CVE-2018-1093

The Linux kernel is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read in ext4/balloc.c:ext4validblockbitmap function. An attacker could trick a legitimate user or a privileged attacker could exploit this by mounting a crafted ext4 image to cause a crash...

CVE-2018-1094

The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in the ext4/xattr.c:ext4xattrinodehash function. An attacker could trick a legitimate user or a privileged attacker could exploit this to cause a NULL pointer dereference with a crafted ext4 image...

USN-3582-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry

Severity High Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 Description USN-3582-1 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...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.298.3 - ext4: limit group search loop for non-extent files Lachlan McIlroy Orabug: 17488415 - ext4: fixup 64-bit divides in 3.0-stable backport of upstream fix Todd Poynor Orabug: 17488415 - ext4: use atomic64t for the per-flexbg freeclusters count Theodore Ts'o Orabug: 17488415 - ext4...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3582-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3582-2 advisory. USN-3582-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...

USN-3582-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition leading to uninitialized pointer usage. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-17712 Laurent Guerby discovered that...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bugfix update

4.1.12-112.14.1 - ext4: fix off-by-one on max nrpages in ext4findunwrittenpgoff Eryu Guan Orabug: 27233471 4.1.12-112.13.1 - cgroup: make sure a parent css isnt offlined before its children Tejun Heo Orabug: 27179269 4.1.12-112.12.1 - ctf: allow dwarf2ctf to run as root but produce no output Nick...

CVE-2017-1000405

The Linux Kernel versions 2.6.38 through 4.14 have a problematic use of pmdmkdirty in the touchpmd function inside the THP implementation. touchpmd can be reached by getuserpages. In such case, the pmd will become dirty. This scenario breaks the new canfollowwritepmd's logic - pmd can become dirt...

kernel security and bug fix update

3.10.0-693.11.1.OL7 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel [email protected] - Update x509.genkey bug 24817676 3.10.0-693.11.1 - powerpc perf: Fix book3s kernel to userspace backtraces Gustavo...

CVE-2017-1000405

The Linux Kernel versions 2.6.38 through 4.14 have a problematic use of pmdmkdirty in the touchpmd function inside the THP implementation. touchpmd can be reached by getuserpages. In such case, the pmd will become dirty. This scenario breaks the new canfollowwritepmd's logic - pmd can become dirt...

UPDATE: Kali Linux 2017.3 Release!

PenTestIT RSS Feed After a long hiatus, it's good to be back and posting about the latest Kali Linux 2017.3 release! The last Kali Linux release was made available a couple of months ago. Presumably, this new release includes all patches, fixes, updates, and improvements since the last release...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.92 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access WPA and WPA2 allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key GTK during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-1159)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 Kernel was updated to 4.4.90 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000252: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash via ...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-1160)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.90 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000252: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash via ...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.90 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000252: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash via a...