Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.72 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be...

Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1308)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1308 advisory. - net packet: fix overflow in check for tpreserve Hangbin Liu 1441171 1441172 CVE-2017-7308 - net packet: fix overflow in check for tpframenr Hangbin L...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:1308 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

3.10.0-514.21.1.OL7 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel [email protected] - Update x509.genkey bug 24817676 3.10.0-514.21.1 - kernel sched/core: Fix an SMP ordering race in trytowakeup vs...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20170525)

Security Fixes : - It was found that the packetsetring function of the Linux kernel's networking implementation did not properly validate certain block-size data. A local attacker with CAPNETRAW capability could use this flaw to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in the crash of the system. Due...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

3.10.0-514.21.1.0.1.el7.OL7 - ipc ipc/sem.c: bugfix for semctl,,GETZCNT Manfred Spraul orabug 22552377 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel [email protected] - Update x509.genkey bug 24817676...

RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2017:1297)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1297 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

kernel: EXT4 memory corruption / SLAB out-of-bounds read

Mounting a crafted EXT4 image read-only leads to an attacker controlled memory corruption and SLAB-Out-of-Bounds reads...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

CVE-2017-7495

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where filesystems mounted with data=ordered mode may allow an attacker to read stale data from recently allocated blocks in new files after a system 'reset' by abusing ext4 mechanics of delayed allocation. Mitigation Alternative filesystems may be use...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3566)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3566 advisory. - nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops J. Bruce Fields Orabug: 25986990 CVE-2017-7895 - KVM: x86: fix emulation of 'MOV SS, null...

Linux kernel information disclosure vulnerability (CNVD-2017-06933)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the fs/ext4/inode.c file in versions of Linux kernel prior to 4.6.2, which stems from the program failing to properly handle...

OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0105)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops J. Bruce Fields Orabug: 25986990 CVE-2017-7895 - fnic: Update fnic driver version to 1.6.0.24 John Sobecki Orabug: 24448585 - xen-netfront: Rework th...

Design/Logic Flaw

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

CVE-2017-7495

CVE-2017-7495 affects the Linux kernel’s ext4 inode handling (inode.c) in data=ordered mode, where a mishandled needs-flushing-before-commit list leaks sensitive data from other users’ files under opportunistic conditions. The cited sources specify this is a local vulnerability: an attacker with ...

CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...