Race condition

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, due to a race condition in a firmware loading routine, a buffer overflow could potentially occur if multiple user space threads try to update the WLAN firmware file through sysfs...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.13 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KPTI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

The vulnerability in the loading of Android operating system firmware files, which allows a hacker to trigger a service failure

The vulnerability in the loading of Android operating system firmware files is caused by buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to cause service failure remotely...

CVE-2017-8237

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a buffer overflow vulnerability exists while loading a firmware image...

GIGABYTE BRIX Mini PCs suffer from a flawed firmware protection mechanism vulnerability

GIGABYTE is a professional motherboard manufacturer in Taiwan, GB-BSi7H-6500 and GB-BXi7-5775 are the BRIX series of mini PCs. UEFI, or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, is a standard that describes a detailed type of interface. This interface is used to automatically load the operating syst...

MDVA-2010:174 : mkinitrd

This new mkinitrd release fixes hotplug command and thus firmware loading inside nash, addressing failure with modules loaded inside initrd which requests firmware. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled o...

Mandriva Update for mkinitrd MDVA-2010:174 (mkinitrd)

Check for the Version of mkinitrd OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for mkinitrd MDVA-2010:174 mkinitrd Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

Mandriva Update for mkinitrd MDVA-2010:174 (mkinitrd)

Check for the Version of mkinitrd OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for mkinitrd MDVA-2010:174 mkinitrd Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...