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 6.2 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...

CVE-2014-8159

The InfiniBand IB implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8159

The InfiniBand IB implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a...

CVE-2014-8159

The InfiniBand IB implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a...

Design/Logic Flaw

The InfiniBand IB implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a...

CVE-2014-8159

The InfiniBand IB implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a...

CVE-2014-8159

The InfiniBand IB implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a...

CVE-2014-8159

CVE-2014-8159 describes a flaw in the Linux kernel InfiniBand/RDMA subsystem where the uverbs interface used to register memory regions can be abused by a local user to access arbitrary physical memory, potentially crash the system or escalate privileges via /dev/infiniband/uverbsX. The initial e...

[USN-2530-1] Linux kernel vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2530-1 March 12, 2015 linux vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubunt...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2015:0674)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2525-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2528-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2527-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2529-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150311)

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...

CVE-2014-8159 - Linux Kernel Infiniband Vulnerability | Cloud Foundry

CVE-2014-8159 – Linux Kernel Infiniband Vulnerability High Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS Description It was found that the Linux kernel’s Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from the...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:0674 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System...

USN-2530-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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...

USN-2529-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerability

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...