Updated kernel-linus package fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.39 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with acce...

Updated kernel package fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.39 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to ...

MGASA-2015-0172 Updated kernel-linus package fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.39 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with acce...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Long Life. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

kernel: infiniband: uverbs: unprotected physical memory access

It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to a /dev/infiniband/uverbsX device could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3237-1 (linux - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2014-8159 It was found that the Linux kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb3237.nasl 6609 2017-07-07 12:05:59Z cfischer $ Auto-generated from...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0870)

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Long Life. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

kernel: infiniband: uverbs: unprotected physical memory access

It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to a /dev/infiniband/uverbsX device could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Long Life. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-504.16.2 - infiniband core: Prevent integer overflow in ibumemget address arithmetic Doug Ledford 1181173 1179327 CVE-2014-8159 2.6.32-504.16.1 - fs gfs2: Move gfs2filesplicewrite outside of ifdef Robert S Peterson 1198329 1193559 - security keys: close race between key lookup and freeing...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0803)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...

kernel: infiniband: uverbs: unprotected physical memory access

It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to a /dev/infiniband/uverbsX device could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2015-0783)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0783 advisory. - infiniband core: Prevent integer overflow in ibumemget Doug Ledford 1179353 CVE-2014-8159 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

USN-2561-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or to potentially gain administrative privileges...

kernel security and bug fix update

kernel 2.6.18-404 - infiniband core: Prevent integer overflow in ibumemget Doug Ledford 1179353 CVE-2014-8159 2.6.18-403 - s390 zcrypt: Toleration of new crypto hardware Hendrik Brueckner 1182522 - fs cifs: Use pid from cifsFileInfo in wrt pages/setfilesize Sachin Prabhu 1169304 - xen x86: confin...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2015:0783)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2015:0783 centos5

Check the version of kernel SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882159";...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0783)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0783 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband...

kernel security and bug fix update

kernel 2.6.18-404.0.0.0.1 - net fix tcptrimhead James Li orabug 14512145, 19219078 - ocfs2: dlm: fix recovery hung Junxiao Bi orabug 13956772 - i386: fix MTRR code Zhenzhong Duan orabug 15862649 - oprofile x86, mm: Add getuserpagesfast orabug 14277030 - oprofile export getuserpagesfast function...