Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerability

Perception Point Research Team found a reference leak in keyring in joinsessionkeyring that can be exploited to successfully escalate privileges from a local user to root CVE-2016-0728. Other fixes in this kernel update: - netfilter: nfnatredirect: add missing NULL pointer check...

Linux kernel kernel local elevation of privilege vulnerability

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A local lift vulnerability exists in Linux kernel v3.18 and above, which is caused by a reference disclosure in the relevant keyring function, allowing an attacker to gain...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3509)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3509 advisory. kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.2.5 - KEYS: Fix keyring ref leak in joinsessionkeyring Yevgeny Pats Orabug: 22563965 CVE-2016-0728 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2870-2)

Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing session keyring. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privilege...

linux: privilege escalation

It was reported that possible use-after-free vulnerability in keyring facility, possibly leading to local privilege escalation, was found. Function joinsessionkeyring in security/keys/processkeys.c holds a reference to the requested keyring, but if that keyring is the same as the one being...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2872-3)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-2870-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-2871-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-2873-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-2872-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-2872-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-2871-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.2.5 - KEYS: Fix keyring ref leak in joinsessionkeyring Yevgeny Pats Orabug: 22563965 CVE-2016-0728...

kernel-uek security update

kernel-uek 4.1.12-32.1.2 - KEYS: Fix keyring ref leak in joinsessionkeyring Yevgeny Pats Orabug: 22563965 CVE-2016-0728 4.1.12-32.1.1 - ocfs2: return non-zero stblocks for inline data John Haxby Orabug: 22218243 - xen/events/fifo: Consume unprocessed events when a CPU dies Ross Lagerwall Orabug:...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability (USN-2873-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2873-1 advisory. Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing session keyring. A...

Ubuntu 15.10 : linux-raspi2 vulnerability (USN-2872-3)

Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing session keyring. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privilege...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerability (USN-2872-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2872-2 advisory. Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing session keyring. A...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability (USN-2871-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2871-2 advisory. Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing session keyring. A...

Debian DSA-3448-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation or denial-of-service. - CVE-2013-4312 Tetsuo Handa discovered that it is possible for a process to open far more files than the process' limit leading to denial-of-service conditions. -...

Ubuntu 15.04 : linux vulnerability (USN-2871-1)

Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing session keyring. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privilege...