USN-4578-1: Linux kernel 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...

USN-4578-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, 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...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

5.4.17-2011.7.4 - iommu/amd: Restore IRTE.RemapEn bit for amdiommuactivateguestmode Suravee Suthikulpanit Orabug: 31931369 - iommu/amd: Fix potential @entry null deref Joao Martins Orabug: 31931369 - iommu/amd: Restore IRTE.RemapEn bit after programming IRTE Suravee Suthikulpanit Orabug: 31931369...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.14.35-2025.401.4 - KVM: x86: always expose VIRTSSBD to guests Paolo Bonzini Orabug: 31957046 4.14.35-2025.401.3 - iommu/amd: Restore IRTE.RemapEn bit after programming IRTE Suravee Suthikulpanit Orabug: 31931371 - oracleasm: Access dbdev before dropping inode Stephen Brennan Orabug: 31901948 -...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-2166)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-2176)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5885)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5885 advisory. - ext4: fix potential negative array index in dosplit Eric Sandeen Orabug: 31895330 CVE-2020-14314 - mm/hugetlb: fix a race between hugetlb sysctl...

Important kernel security update: Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 117.0 for Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.0, Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform 3.0, and Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure 3.5, 4.0

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch was updated with security and stability fixes. The patch applies to all supported kernels of Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.0, Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform, and Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure. IMPORTANT: If bcache is used, manually unloading this or a...

EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-2176)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel vmlinuz, the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the...

EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-2166)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel vmlinuz, the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by kernel vulnerabilities

Summary IBM Security Guardium has addressed the following vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-16871 DESCRIPTION: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS implementation, all versions 3.x and all versions 4.x up to 4.20. An attacker, who is able to mount an exported NFS...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.43.4 - kvm: fix kvmioctlcreatedevice reference counting CVE-2019-6974 Jann Horn Orabug: 29434845 CVE-2019-6974 - KVM: nVMX: unconditionally cancel preemption timer in freenested CVE-2019-7221 Peter Shier Orabug: 29434898 CVE-2019-7221 - KVM: x86: work around leak of uninitialized stack...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. The vulnerability exists due to an index buffer overflow during Direct IO write leading to the NFS client to crash...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2020-1495)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.198-152.320. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1495 advisory. In the Linux kernel 5.0.21 and 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and...

kernel: NFS client crash due to index buffer overflow during Direct IO write causing kernel panic

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. An index buffer overflow during Direct IO write leading to the NFS client to crash. In some cases, a reach out of the index after one memory allocation by kmalloc will cause a kernel panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-2011)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-2151)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel vmlinuz, the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for nfs-utils (EulerOS-SA-2020-2027)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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...

EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0 : nfs-utils (EulerOS-SA-2020-2027)

According to the version of the nfs-utils packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - The nfs-utils package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 before and including version 1.3.0-34.18.1 and in SUSE Linux...