kernel: futex: refcount issue in case of requeue

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's futex subsystem handled reference counting when requeuing futexes during futexwait. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to zero out the reference counter of an inode or an mm struct that backs up the memory area of the futex, which could...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2014:1392)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1392 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way t...

kernel: vfs: refcount issues during unmount on symlink

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS subsystem handled reference counting when performing unmount operations on symbolic links. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system or, potentially, trigger a use-after-free error, resulting in ...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a...

openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-SU-2013:1404-1)

XEN was updated to 4.2.2, fixing lots of bugs and several security issues. Various upstream patches were also merged into this version by our developers. Detailed buglist : - bnc824676 - Failed to setup devices for vm instance when start multiple vms simultaneously - bnc817799 - sles9sp4 guest...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2234-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-raring vulnerabilities (USN-2238-1)

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPC reference counting. An unprivileged loc...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2233-1)

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 Dmitry Vyukov reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of IPv6 UDP Fragmentation...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-2234-1)

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 Dmitry Vyukov reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of IPv6 UDP Fragmentation...

USN-2238-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPC reference counting. An unprivileged loc...

USN-2234-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 Dmitry Vyukov reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of IPv6 UDP Fragmentation...

USN-2233-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 Dmitry Vyukov reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of IPv6 UDP Fragmentation...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2221-1)

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...

USN-2221-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...

OpenLDAP rwm Overlay Denial of Service - ver 2 (CVE-2013-4449)

A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in OpenLDAP. The vulnerability is due to an error in reference counting in the rwm overlay. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the vulnerable server...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2926-1] linux security update

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2926-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff May 12, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-2926-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leaks or privilege escalation : - CVE-2014-0196 Jiri Slaby discovered a race condition in the pty layer, which could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation. - CVE-2014-173...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2926-1 (linux - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leaks or privilege escalation: CVE-2014-0196 Jiri Slaby discovered a race condition in the pty layer, which could lead to denial of service or privilege escalation. CVE-2014-1737 /...

DSA-2926-1 linux - security update

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