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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131121)

Two flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. CVE-2013-3559, CVE-2013-4083 Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark...

ibutils, infinipath, libibverbs, libmlx4, librdmacm, mpitests, mstflint, openmpi, perftest, qperf, rdma security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:1661 Updated rdma, libibverbs, libmlx4, librdmacm, qperf, perftest, openmpi, compat-openmpi, infinipath-psm, mpitests, and rds-tools packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat...

RHEL 6 : RDMA stack (RHSA-2013:1661)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:1661 advisory. Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes a collection of Infiniband and iWARP utilities, libraries and development packages for writing application...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: RDMA stack security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated rdma, libibverbs, libmlx4, librdmacm, qperf, perftest, openmpi, compat-openmpi, infinipath-psm, mpitests, and rds-tools packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team ha...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

SUSE-RU-2015:0779-1 Recommended update for ibutils

This update for InfiniBand Diagnostic Tools ibutils fixes a syntax error that affected the ibdiagnet, ibdiagpath and ibdiagui utilities...

AIX 6.1 TL 7 : infiniband (IV43827)

Both 'ibstat' and .arp.ib. commands have security vulnerabilities that can allow a non-privileged user to run malicious code with privileged authority. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security Advisory infinibandadvisory.asc...

AIX 7.1 TL 0 : infiniband (IV43562)

Both 'ibstat' and .arp.ib. commands have security vulnerabilities that can allow a non-privileged user to run malicious code with privileged authority. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security Advisory infinibandadvisory.asc...

AIX 7.1 TL 1 : infiniband (IV43756)

Both 'ibstat' and .arp.ib. commands have security vulnerabilities that can allow a non-privileged user to run malicious code with privileged authority. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security Advisory infinibandadvisory.asc...

AIX 6.1 TL 8 : infiniband (IV43580)

Both 'ibstat' and .arp.ib. commands have security vulnerabilities that can allow a non-privileged user to run malicious code with privileged authority. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security Advisory infinibandadvisory.asc...

AIX 7.1 TL 2 : infiniband (IV43561)

Both 'ibstat' and .arp.ib. commands have security vulnerabilities that can allow a non-privileged user to run malicious code with privileged authority. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security Advisory infinibandadvisory.asc...

AIX 6.1 TL 6 : infiniband (IV43582)

Both 'ibstat' and .arp.ib. commands have security vulnerabilities that can allow a non-privileged user to run malicious code with privileged authority. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security Advisory infinibandadvisory.asc...