SUSE-SU-2016:0755-1 Security update for kernel live patch 1

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.51-60.20.2 fixes three security issues: Fixes: - CVE-2016-0728: A reference leak in keyring handling with joinsessionkeyring could lead to local attackers gain root privileges. bsc962078. - CVE-2015-8660: The ovlsetattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c...

SUSE-SU-2016:0751-1 Security update for kernel live patch 0

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.49-11.1 fixes three security issues: Fixes: - CVE-2016-0728: A reference leak in keyring handling with joinsessionkeyring could lead to local attackers gain root privileges. bsc962078. - CVE-2015-8660: The ovlsetattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c in...

SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.53 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2013-7446: Use-after-free vulnerability in net/unix/afunix.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to bypass intended AFUNIX socket permissions ...

SUSE-SU-2016:0386-1 Security update for kernel live patch 6

This kernel live patch for Linux Kernel 3.12.44-52.10.1 fixes security issues and bugs: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2015-8539: A negatively instantiated user key could have been used by a local user to leverage privileges bnc958601. - CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in t...

CVE-2015-7550

The keyctlreadkey function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.4 does not properly use a semaphore, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that leverag...

SUSE-SU-2015:1611-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-5707: An integer overflow in the SCSI generic driver could be potentially used by local attackers to crash the kernel or execute code bsc940338. -...

CVE-2015-4004

The OZWPAN driver in the Linux kernel through 4.0.5 relies on an untrusted length field during packet parsing, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read and system crash via a crafted packet...

CVE-2014-8133

arch/x86/kernel/tls.c in the Thread Local Storage TLS implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 allows local users to bypass the espfix protection mechanism, and consequently makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted application that makes a...

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...

CVE-2014-5207

fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 does not properly restrict clearing MNTNODEV, MNTNOSUID, and MNTNOEXEC and changing MNTATIMEMASK during a remount of a bind mount, which allows local users to gain privileges, interfere with backups and auditing on systems that had atime enabled, ...

CVE-2014-4943

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tpppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket...

CVE-2014-4654

The sndctlelemadd function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRVCTLIOCTLELEMREPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service use-after-free and system...

kernel to 3.11.10 (important)

The Linux Kernel was updated to version 3.11.10, fixing security issues and bugs: - floppy: bail out in open if drive is not responding to block0 read bnc773058. - compatsysrecvmmsg X32 fix bnc860993 CVE-2014-0038. - HID: usbhid: fix sis quirk bnc859804. - hwmon: coretemp Fix truncated name of...

Linux kernel 3.4+ Arbitrary write with CONFIG_X86_X32

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits / Local root exploit for CVE-2014-0038. https://raw.github.com/saelo/cve-2014-0038/master/timeoutpwn.c Bug: The X86X32 recvmmsg syscall does not properly sanitize the timeout pointer passed from userspace. Exploit primitive: Pass a pointer to ...

MGASA-2013-0343 Updated kernel-linus package fixes security vulnerabilites.

This kernel-linus update provides the upstream 3.4.69 kernel and fixes the following security issues: The ext4orphandel function in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.3 does not properly handle orphan-list entries for non-journal filesystems, which allows physically proximate attacker...

MGASA-2013-0342 Updated kernel package fixes security vulnerabilites.

This kernel update provides the upstream 3.4.69 kernel and fixes the following security issues: The ext4orphandel function in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.3 does not properly handle orphan-list entries for non-journal filesystems, which allows physically proximate attackers to...

CVE-2013-2850

CVE-2013-2850: Heap-based buffer overflow in the Linux kernel’s iSCSI target subsystem (iscsi_add_notunderstood_response in drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c) affects kernel versions up to 3.9.4. The flaw can allow remote attackers to trigger memory corruption and OOPS, with potentia...

Heap overflow

Heap-based buffer overflow in the wdmincallback function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted cdc-wdm USB device...

Linux Kernel 2.6.36 - VIDIOCSMICROCODE IOCTL Local Memory Overwrite

Linux Kernel 2.6.36 - VIDIOCSMICROCODE IOCTL Local Memory Overwrite // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242/info / CVE-2010-2963 Arbitrary write memory write via v4l1 compat ioctl. Kees Cook greets to drosenberg, spender, taviso / define GNUSOURCE include include include include includ...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0076-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0076-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...