kernel: heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A heap buffer overflow in the iSCSI subsystem is triggered by setting an iSCSI string attribute to a value larger than one page and then trying to read it. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system...

kernel: iscsi: unrestricted access to sessions and handles

A flaw was found in the way access to sessions and handles was handled in the iSCSI driver in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to leak iSCSI transport handle kernel address or end arbitrary iSCSI connections on the system...

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

An update for kernel-rt 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...

USN-4901-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Adam Nichols discovered that heap overflows existed in the iSCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-27365 It was discovered that the LIO SCSI target implementation in the Linux kerne...

RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1070)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1070 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

[Important] [Security] Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 125.0 for Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.0, 7.5, Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform 3.0, and Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure 3.5, 4.0

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch was updated with security fixes. The patch applies to all supported kernels of Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7, Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform, and Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure. NOTE: No more ReadyKernel updates are planned for the kernel...

Debian DLA-2610-1 : linux-4.19 security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, privilege escalation, denial of service, or information leaks. CVE-2020-27170, CVE-2020-27171 Piotr Krysiuk discovered flaws in the BPF subsystem's checks for information leaks throu...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container security update

5.4.17-2102.200.13.el7 - bpf, selftests: Fix up some testverifier cases for unprivileged Piotr Krysiuk Orabug: 32656761 CVE-2020-27170 CVE-2020-27171 - bpf: Add sanity check for upper ptrlimit Piotr Krysiuk Orabug: 32656761 CVE-2020-27170 CVE-2020-27171 - bpf: Simplify alulimit masking for pointe...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

5.4.17-2102.200.13 - bpf, selftests: Fix up some testverifier cases for unprivileged Piotr Krysiuk Orabug: 32656761 CVE-2020-27170 CVE-2020-27171 - bpf: Add sanity check for upper ptrlimit Piotr Krysiuk Orabug: 32656761 CVE-2020-27170 CVE-2020-27171 - bpf: Simplify alulimit masking for pointer...

USN-4883-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Adam Nichols discovered that heap overflows existed in the iSCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-27365 Adam Nichols discovered that the iSCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-4889-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Adam Nichols discovered that heap overflows existed in the iSCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-27365 Adam Nichols discovered that the iSCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel did not...

EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : iscsi-initiator-utils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1683)

According to the versions of the iscsi-initiator-utils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An issue was discovered in Contiki through 3.0. An Out-of-Bounds Read vulnerability exists in the uIP TCP/IP Stack component when...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for iscsi-initiator-utils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1683)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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...

USN-4887-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

De4dCr0w of 360 Alpha Lab discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly handle mod32 destination register truncation when the source register was known to be 0. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4887-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-5.3, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-kvm, linux-oem-5.10, linux-oem-5.6, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities

De4dCr0w of 360 Alpha Lab discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly handle mod32 destination register truncation when the source register was known to be 0. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory or possibly execute arbitrary code...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4883-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4883-1 advisory. Adam Nichols discovered that heap overflows existed in the iSCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability (USN-4753-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4753-1 advisory. It was discovered that the LIO SCSI target implementation in the Linux kernel performed insufficient identifier checking in certain XCOPY requests. An attacker wi...

Updated kernel packages fix security issues

This kernel update is based on upstream 5.10.25 and fixes at least the following security issues: Unprivileged BPF programs running on affected systems can bypass the protection and execute speculatively out-of-bounds loads from any location within the kernel memory. This can be abused to extract...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security issues

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 5.10.25 and fixes at least the following security issues: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU Nouveau driver functionality in versions prior to 5.12-rc1 in the way the user calls ioctl DRMIOCTLNOUVEAUCHANNELALLOC. This...

MGASA-2021-0152 Updated kernel-linus packages fix security issues

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 5.10.25 and fixes at least the following security issues: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU Nouveau driver functionality in versions prior to 5.12-rc1 in the way the user calls ioctl DRMIOCTLNOUVEAUCHANNELALLOC. This...