SUSE-SU-2016:1045-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 10

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.51-52.34.1 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-2384: A malicious USB device could cause a kernel crash in the alsa usb-audio driver. bsc967773 - CVE-2015-8812: A flaw was found in the CXGB3 kernel driver when the network was considered congested. The kerne...

SUSE-SU-2016:1037-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 7

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.44-52.18.1 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-2384: A malicious USB device could cause a kernel crash in the alsa usb-audio driver. bsc967773 - CVE-2015-8812: A flaw was found in the CXGB3 kernel driver when the network was considered congested. The kerne...

SUSE-SU-2016:1038-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 6

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.44-52.10.1 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-2384: A malicious USB device could cause a kernel crash in the alsa usb-audio driver. bsc967773 - CVE-2015-8812: A flaw was found in the CXGB3 kernel driver when the network was considered congested. The kerne...

SUSE-SU-2016:1033-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 3 for SP 1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.53-60.30.1 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-2384: A malicious USB device could cause a kernel crash in the alsa usb-audio driver. bsc967773 - CVE-2015-8812: A flaw was found in the CXGB3 kernel driver when the network was considered congested. The kerne...

Illustrated CVE-2 0 1 5-1 8 0 5-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

CVE-2 0 1 5-1 8 0 5 is a General-purpose linux kernel to any address write arbitrary value of vulnerability, this vulnerability worthy of commemoration, here with four double figure intuitive description about it: ! The initial memory layout ! First copy ! redo the second copy after ! Third copy...

kernel: pipe buffer state corruption after unsuccessful atomic read from pipe

It was found that the fix for CVE-2015-1805 incorrectly kept buffer offset and buffer length in sync on a failed atomic read, potentially resulting in a pipe buffer state corruption. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or leak kernel memory to user space...

USN-2948-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB driver for Clie devices in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7566 Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:0494 Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability...

kernel: pipe buffer state corruption after unsuccessful atomic read from pipe

It was found that the fix for CVE-2015-1805 incorrectly kept buffer offset and buffer length in sync on a failed atomic read, potentially resulting in a pipe buffer state corruption. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or leak kernel memory to user space...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'pipe.c' Local Privilege Escalation (2)

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36901/info Linux kernel is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability that is caused by a NULL-pointer dereference. Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges. Successful exploits will result i...