kernel: futex: pi futexes requeue issue

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's futex subsystem handled the requeuing of certain Priority Inheritance PI futexes. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system...

DLA-0007-1 linux-2.6 - security update

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kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-431.20.3 - kernel futex: Make lookuppistate more robust Jerome Marchand 1104516 1104517 CVE-2014-3153 - kernel futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlockpi Jerome Marchand 1104516 1104517 CVE-2014-3153 - kernel futex: Validate atomic acquisition in futexlockpiatomic Jerome Marchand 1104516...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0740)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0740 advisory. - infiniband rds: dereference of a NULL device Jacob Tanenbaum 1079216 1079217 CVE-2013-7339 - block floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCM...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140610)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free using the kfree function arbitrary kernel memory...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2014:0740 Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring...

kernel security and bug fix update

kernel 2.6.18-371.9.1 - nfs sunrpc: don't use a credential with extra groups Mateusz Guzik 1095062 976201 - scsi lpfc: Remove NDLP reference put in lpfccmplelslogoacc Rob Evers 1096061 1075228 - infiniband rds: dereference of a NULL device Jacob Tanenbaum 1079216 1079217 CVE-2013-7339 - kernel...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severit...

[oss-security] Linux kernel futex local privilege escalation (CVE-2014-3153)

Hi, This was handled via linux-distros, hence the mandatory oss-security posting. The issue was made public earlier today, and is included in this Debian advisory: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2014/msg00130.html --- CVE-2014-3153 Pinkie Pie discovered an issue in the futex...

Linux privilege escalation

ring 0 code execution via futex syscall...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2237-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2235-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2234-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2240-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3038)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3038 advisory. - futex: Make lookuppistate more robust Thomas Gleixner Orabug: 18918614 CVE-2014-3153 - futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlockpi Thomas Gleixner Orabug:...

Oracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3037)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3037 advisory. - futex: Make lookuppistate more robust Thomas Gleixner Orabug: 18918552 CVE-2014-3153 - futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlockpi Thomas Gleixner Orabug:...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3153

The futexrequeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEXREQUEUE command that facilitates unsafe waiter modification...

Linux Kernel Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation and DoS Attack

Multiple flaws have been identified in Linux Kernel and related software could allow hackers to hack your Linux machines, shared hosting and websites hosted on them. PRIVILEGE ESCALATION VULNERABILITY IN LINUX KERNEL A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the widely used Linu...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 2.6.32-400.36.2uek - futex: Make lookuppistate more robust Thomas Gleixner Orabug: 18918736 CVE-2014-3153 - futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlockpi Thomas Gleixner Orabug: 18918736 CVE-2014-3153 - futex: Validate atomic acquisition in futexlockpiatomic Thomas Gleixner Orabug:...

unbreakable enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.215.2 - futex: Make lookuppistate more robust Thomas Gleixner Orabug: 18918614 CVE-2014-3153 - futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlockpi Thomas Gleixner Orabug: 18918614 CVE-2014-3153 - futex: Validate atomic acquisition in futexlockpiatomic Thomas Gleixner Orabug: 18918614...