Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.70 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-9076: The dccpv6requestrecvsock function in net/dccp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled inheritance, which allowed local users to cause a denial of...

USN-3314-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not prevent special internal keyrings from being joined by userspace keyrings. A privileged local attacker could use this to bypass module verification. CVE-2016-9604 It was discovered that a buffer...

USN-3312-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3312-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that the netfilter netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did no...

USN-3312-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the netfilter netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate batch messages. A local attacker with the CAPNETADMIN capability could use this to expose sensitive information or cause a denial of service. CVE-2016-7917 Qian Zhang discovered a heap-based...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3312-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3312-1 advisory. It was discovered that the netfilter netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate batch messages. A local attacker with the...

Ubuntu 17.04 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3314-1)

It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not prevent special internal keyrings from being joined by userspace keyrings. A privileged local attacker could use this to bypass module verification. CVE-2016-9604 Daniel Jiang discovered that a race...

Important kernel security update: CVE-2017-7645 and other; Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 22.0 for Virtuozzo 7.0.0

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch updated with security fixes. The patch applies to Virtuozzo kernel 3.10.0-327.18.2.vz7.15.2 Virtuozzo 7.0.0. Vulnerability id: CVE-2017-7645 The NFS2/3 RPC client could send long arguments to nfsd server. These encoded arguments are stored in an array of...

Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2017-038)

According to the version of the vzkernel package and the readykernel-patch installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The NFS2/3 RPC client could send long arguments to nfsd server. These encoded arguments are stored in an array of...

Updated kernel packages fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream 4.4.68 and fixes at least the following security issues: The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via a long RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c,...

Important kernel security update: CVE-2017-7645 and other; Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 21.0 for Virtuozzo 7.0.x

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch updated with security fixes. The patch applies to Virtuozzo kernels 3.10.0-327.36.1.vz7.18.7 Virtuozzo 7.0.1, 3.10.0-327.36.1.vz7.20.18 Virtuozzo 7.0.3, and 3.10.0-514.16.1.vz7.30.10 Virtuozzo 7.0.4. Vulnerability id: CVE-2017-7645 The NFS2/3 RPC client...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0104)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - ipv6: catch a null skb before using it in a DTRACE Shannon Nelson - sparc64: Do not retain old VMSPARCADI flag when protection changes on page Khalid Aziz Orabug: 26038830 - nfsd: stricter decoding of...

Virtuozzo 6 : parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc (VZA-2017-037)

According to the versions of the parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc packages installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lack certain checks for t...

Kernel security update: CVE-2017-7645 and other; new kernel 2.6.32-042stab123.3 for Virtuozzo Containers for Linux 4.7, Server Bare Metal 5.0

This update provides a new kernel 2.6.32-042stab123.3 for Virtuozzo Containers for Linux 4.7, Server Bare Metal 5.0. The new kernel is based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 kernel 2.6.32-696.el6 and provides security fixes as well as stability bug fixes. Vulnerability id: CVE-2017-7895 The...

Kernel security update: CVE-2017-7645 and other; new kernel 2.6.32-042stab123.3, Virtuozzo 6.0 Update 12 Hotfix 9 (6.0.12-3676)

This update provides a new kernel 2.6.32-042stab123.3 for Virtuozzo 6.0. The new kernel is based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 kernel 2.6.32-696.el6 and provides security fixes as well as stability bug fixes. Vulnerability id: CVE-2017-7895 The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the...

Null pointer dereference

The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lack certain checks for the end of a buffer, which allows remote attackers to trigger pointer-arithmetic errors or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted requests, related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and...

CVE-2017-7895

The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lack certain checks for the end of a buffer, which allows remote attackers to trigger pointer-arithmetic errors or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted requests, related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and...

CVE-2017-7895

The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lack certain checks for the end of a buffer, which allows remote attackers to trigger pointer-arithmetic errors or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted requests, related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and...

CVE-2017-7895

The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lack certain checks for the end of a buffer, which allows remote attackers to trigger pointer-arithmetic errors or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted requests, related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and...

Design/Logic Flaw

The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via a long RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c, fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c...

CVE-2017-7645

The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via a long RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c, fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c...