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...

USN-2528-1: 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-2528-1 linux 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-2527-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) 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-2526-1: 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-2525-1: 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...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2015-0674)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0674 advisory. - infiniband core: Prevent integer overflow in ibumemget address arithmetic Doug Ledford 1181173 1179327 CVE-2014-8159 - fs splice: perform generic wri...

Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerability (USN-2530-1)

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. Note that...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-2526-1)

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. Note that...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-2528-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2528-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability (USN-2529-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2529-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions from userspace. A...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2527-1)

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. Note that...

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 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...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-504.12.2 - infiniband core: Prevent integer overflow in ibumemget address arithmetic Doug Ledford 1181173 1179327 CVE-2014-8159 2.6.32-504.12.1 - fs splice: perform generic write checks Eric Sandeen 1163798 1155900 CVE-2014-7822 2.6.32-504.11.1 - virt kvm: excessive pages un-pinning in...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : wireshark (denial_of_service_vulnerability_in)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - The prototreeadditem function in Wireshark 1.6.0 through 1.6.1 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.8, when the IKEv1 protocol dissector is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loo...

UBUNTU-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...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0926)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0926 advisory. - infiniband rds: do not deref NULL dev in rdsiwladdrcheck Jacob Tanenbaum 1093311 1093312 CVE-2014-2678 - xen page-alloc: scrub anonymous domain heap...

kernel security and bug fix update

kernel 2.6.18-371.11.1 - fs dcache: fix cleanup on warning in dsplicealias Denys Vlasenko 1109720 1080606 - net neigh: Make neighaddtimer symmetrical to neighdeltimer Marcelo Ricardo Leitner 1111195 1109888 - net neigh: set NUDINCOMPLETE when probing router reachability Marcelo Ricardo Leitner...