Updated kernel-linus packages fixes critical security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.74 and fixes at least the following security issues: The ipxitfioctl function in net/ipx/afipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have...

CVE-2017-0636

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek command queue driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions:...

CVE-2017-0649

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek sound driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and because of vulnerability...

Android NVIDIA Sound driver elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2017-09341)

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA, and NVIDIA Sound driver is one of the sound drivers. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the NVIDIA Sound driver in Android. An attacker can exploit this vulnerabili...

Android NVIDIA Sound Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA, of which NVIDIA Sound driver is a sound driver. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the NVIDIA Sound driver in Android. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to...

Android MediaTek Sound Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA, and the MediaTek Sound driver is a MediaTek device-specific sound driver used in it. The MediaTek Sound driver in Android is vulnerable to a power lifting vulnerability. The vulnerability...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Secure Channel Manager driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code in the kernel context from a local malicious application. This issue is...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of MediaTek’s Android operating system driver is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is considered “high” because it requires compromising privileged...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Android operating system’s audio driver is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary malicious code within the kernel context. This issue is considered “high” because it requires...

Android MediaTek Command Queue Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.MediaTek command queue driver is one of MediaTek's command queue drivers. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the MediaTek command queue driver in Android. An attacker...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of MediaTek’s system interrupt driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary malicious code within the kernel context. This issue is considered “high” because it...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment Communicator driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code in the kernel context from a local malicious...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of Goodix’s sensor screen driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary malicious code within the kernel context. This issue is considered “high” because it requir...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment Communicator driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code in the kernel context from a local malicious...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment Communicator driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code in the kernel context from a local malicious...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Android operating system’s audio driver is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary malicious code within the kernel context. This issue is considered “high” because it requires...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Android operating system’s audio driver is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary malicious code within the kernel context. This issue is considered “high” because it requires...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system, allowing a hacker to execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Android operating system’s audio driver is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary malicious code within the kernel context. This issue is considered “high” because it requires...

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver for the Android operating system allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary malicious code within the kernel context. This issue is considered “high” because it requires...

The vulnerability of the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver for the Android operating system allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary malicious code within the kernel context. This issue is considered “high” because it requires...