Debian DLA-103-1 : linux-2.6 security update

This security upload has been prepared in cooperation of the Debian Kernel, Security and LTS Teams and features the upstream stable release 2.6.32.64 see https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/23/181 for more information for that. It fixes the CVEs described below. Note: if you are using the openvz flavor...

Debian DLA-118-1 : linux-2.6 security update

Non-maintainer upload by the Squeeze LTS and Kernel Teams. New upstream stable release 2.6.32.65, see http://lkml.org/lkml/2014/12/13/81 for more information. The stable release 2.6.32.65 includes the following new commits compared to the previous 2.6.32-48squeeze9 package : - USB: whiteheat: Add...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2541-1)

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-7822 A flaw was discovered in how Thread Local Storage TLS is handled by the task switching function in the Linux...

Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2546-1)

A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-7421 A flaw was...

USN-2546-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-7421 A flaw was...

USN-2545-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-7421 A flaw was...

USN-2545-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-7421 A flaw was...

USN-2542-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-7822 A flaw was discovered in how Thread Local Storage TLS is handled by the task switching function in the Linux...

USN-2541-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2014-7822 A flaw was discovered in how Thread Local Storage TLS is handled by the task switching function in the Linux...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2015:057)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel : The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AFALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salgname field, as...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and two bugs 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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1421

Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctpassocupdate function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service slab corruption and panic or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an INIT collision that leads to improper...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1421

Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctpassocupdate function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service slab corruption and panic or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an INIT collision that leads to improper...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2015:0674)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150311)

It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to a /dev/infiniband/uverbsX device could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate...

kernel: iptables restriction bypass if a protocol handler kernel module not loaded

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem handled generic protocol tracking. As demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP case, a remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when the associated connection tracking...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0284)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which gi...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0285)

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and three 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...

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 6.5 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which gi...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and three 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...