kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:0386 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

kernel: Race condition in packet_set_ring leads to use after free

A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw was found in the way the raw packet sockets implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem handled synchronization while creating the TPACKETV3 ring buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet socket requires the CAPNETRAW...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update is based on upstream 4.4.39 and fixes at least the following security issues: Due to lack of size checking on ICMP header length, it is possible to cause out-of-bounds read on stack CVE-2016-8399 The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows...

Debian DLA-772-1 : linux security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2012-6704, CVE-2016-9793 Eric Dumazet found that a local user with CAPNETADMIN capability could set a socket's buffer size to be negative, leading ...

Linux Kernel Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-11972)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. Linux Kernel local elevation of privilege vulnerability. Since CAPNETRAW is required in the network namespace to create an AF-PACKET socket, it can be obtained by an...

kernel: unix socket local dos

The waitforunixgc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system...

kernel: unix socket local dos

The waitforunixgc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system...