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Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)
The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-2847: Limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes bsc970948. - CVE-2016-3136: mctu232: add sanity checking in probe bnc970955. - CVE-2016-2188: iowarrio...
CVE-2016-2847
fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption by creating many pipes with non-default sizes...
CVE-2016-2847
fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption by creating many pipes with non-default sizes...
Linux kernel Pipes Denial of Service Vulnerability
The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service memory consumption...
USN-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression
USN-2948-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 14.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect reference counting fix in the radeon driver introduced a regression that could cause a system crash. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory...
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2946-2)
Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...
Ubuntu 15.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2947-1)
Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel did not properly sanity check the interfaces and endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7833 Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free...
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2948-1)
The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2948-1 advisory. 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...
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2949-1)
The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2949-1 advisory. Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of servi...
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2946-1)
The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2946-1 advisory. Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of servi...
Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2946-1)
The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...
Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2947-3)
The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...
Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2947-1)
The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...
USN-2949-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...
USN-2947-2: Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the interfaces and endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7833 Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free...
USN-2947-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the interfaces and endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7833 Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free...
USN-2946-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...
USN-2946-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...
CVE-2016-2847
fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption by creating many pipes with non-default sizes...
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2847
fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption by creating many pipes with non-default sizes...