openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0204-1)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues : - mm/page-writeback.c: do not count anon pages as dirtyable memory reclaim stalls. - mm/page-writeback.c: fix dirtybalancereserve subtraction from dirtyable memory reclaim stalls. - compatsysrecvmmsg X32 fix bnc860993...

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 6.4 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores...

Updated kernel fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update provides an update to the upstream stable 3.12.13 maintenance release and fixes the following security issues: A flaw was found in the way cifs handled iovecs with bogus pointers userland passed down via writev during uncached writes. An unprivileged local user with access to...

kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues: - mm/page-writeback.c: do not count anon pages as dirtyable memory reclaim stalls. - mm/page-writeback.c: fix dirtybalancereserve subtraction from dirtyable memory reclaim stalls. - compatsysrecvmmsg X32 fix bnc860993...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131121)

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's IPv6 implementation handled certain UDP packets when the UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO feature was enabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (ELSA-2013-2585)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-2585 advisory. - afkey: fix info leaks in notify messages Mathias Krause Orabug: 17837974 CVE-2013-2234 - drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: use kzalloc for failing hardware...

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel security update

kernel-uek 2.6.32-400.33.3uek - afkey: fix info leaks in notify messages Mathias Krause Orabug: 17837974 CVE-2013-2234 - drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: use kzalloc for failing hardware Jonathan Salwan Orabug: 17837971 CVE-2013-2164 - fs/compatioctl.c: VIDEOSETSPUPALETTE missing error check Kees Cook...

CVE-2013-4591

Buffer overflow in the nfs4getacluncached function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a getxattr system call for the system.nfs4acl extended attribut...

CVE-2013-4591

Buffer overflow in the nfs4getacluncached function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a getxattr system call for the system.nfs4acl extended attribut...

Buffer overflow

Buffer overflow in the nfs4getacluncached function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a getxattr system call for the system.nfs4acl extended attribut...

CVE-2013-4591

Buffer overflow in the nfs4getacluncached function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a getxattr system call for the system.nfs4acl extended attribut...

CVE-2013-4591

CVE-2013-4591 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the nfs4 ACL path: a buffer overflow in __nfs4_get_acl_uncached within fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c, fixed in kernel 3.7.2. Versions before 3.7.2 are vulnerable to local memory corruption leading to denial of service (memory corruption and system crash...

CVE-2013-4591

Buffer overflow in the nfs4getacluncached function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a getxattr system call for the system.nfs4acl extended attribut...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2012-100)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Event Poll epoll subsystem handled large, nested epoll structures. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. A malicious Network File System version 4 NFSv4 server could return a crafted reply to a GETACL request,...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel / nvidia (ALAS-2013-148)

A malicious Network File System version 4 NFSv4 server could return a crafted reply to a GETACL request, causing a denial of service on the client. CVE-2012-2375 , Moderate A divide-by-zero flaw was found in the TCP Illinois congestion control algorithm implementation in the Linux kernel. If the...

Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0474)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0474 : Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CV...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2022)

Description of changes: Avoid bug caused by corrupted Ext4 filesystem. When mounting an ext4 filesystem, the kernel was not checking for zero length extents. This would cause a BUGON assertion failure in the log. NULL pointer dereference in the SCSI subsystem. A NULL dereference may occur if a SC...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2008-1017)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2008-1017 advisory. - drm i915 driver arbitrary ioremap Eugene Teo 464508 464509 CVE-2008-3831 - fs don't allow splice to files opened with OAPPEND Eugene Teo 466709 46671...

Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2007-1104)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:1104 : Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel package...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2013-0847-1)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2013:0847 : Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVS...