kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leadi...

kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leadi...

CVE-2020-11935

A flaw improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsubdentryopen in the Linux kernel aufs subsystem was found in the way local user calls vfsubdentryopen method. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. 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...

kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leadi...

kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leadi...

ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via a crafted journal size.

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Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A use-after-free vulnerability occurs when referencing inode of removed superblock in getfutexkey...

kernel: use-after-free in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry related to fs/ext4/inode.c and fs/ext4/super.c

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s ext4 file system functionality when the user mount ext4 partition, with the usage of an additional debug parameter is defining an extra inode size. If this parameter has a non zero value, this flaw allows a local user to crash the system when...

kernel: use-after-free in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry related to fs/ext4/inode.c and fs/ext4/super.c

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s ext4 file system functionality when the user mount ext4 partition, with the usage of an additional debug parameter is defining an extra inode size. If this parameter has a non zero value, this flaw allows a local user to crash the system when...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update

An update is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 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 the CVE links...

kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leadi...

kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leadi...

kernel security and bug fix update

4.18.0-193.28.12.OL8 - Oracle Linux certificates Kevin Lyons - Disable signing for aarch64 Ilya Okomin - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list olkmodsigningkey.pem Orabug: 29539237 - Update x509.genkey Orabug: 24817676 - Conflict with shim-ia32 and shim-x6...

kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leadi...

kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leadi...

kernel: metadata validator in XFS may cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leadi...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

linux is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The vulnerability exists through a failure of the file system metadata validator in XFS, causing an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt...

USN-4579-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-16119 Wen Xu discover...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4578-1)

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-4578-1 advisory. Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to a use-after-free...