CVE-2017-6214

The tcpspliceread function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop and soft lockup via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag...

PT-2017-16950

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.9.11 Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop and soft lockup. This can be achieved via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag. The tcp...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8952

The mbcache feature in the ext2 and ext4 filesystem implementations in the Linux kernel before 4.6 mishandles xattr block caching, which allows local users to cause a denial of service soft lockup via filesystem operations in environments that use many attributes, as demonstrated by Ceph and Samb...

Design/Logic Flaw

The mbcache feature in the ext2 and ext4 filesystem implementations in the Linux kernel before 4.6 mishandles xattr block caching, which allows local users to cause a denial of service soft lockup via filesystem operations in environments that use many attributes, as demonstrated by Ceph and Samb...

CVE-2015-8952

CVE-2015-8952 : The mbcache feature in the Linux kernel’s ext2/ext4 implementations mishandles xattr block caching, enabling a local attacker to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) in environments with many attributes (as demonstrated by Ceph and Samba). The vulnerability is present in kernel...

CVE-2015-8952

A design flaw was found in the file extended attribute handling of the Linux kernel's handling of cached attributes. Too many entries in the cache cause a soft lockup while attempting to iterate the cache and access relevant locks...

Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2016-1277)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-1277 advisory. - infiniband security: Restrict use of the write interface Don Dutile 1332553 1316685 CVE-2016-4565 - net sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctpaccept is...

OracleVM 3.2 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0060)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - IPoIB: increase send queue size to 4 times Ajaykumar Hotchandani - IB/ipoib: Change send workqueue size for CM mode Ajaykumar Hotchandani Orabug: 22287489 - Avoid 60sec timeout when receiving rtpg sen...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 4.1.12-37.3.1 - KEYS: Fix ASN.1 indefinite length object parsing This fixes CVE-2016-0758. David Howells Orabug: 23279022 CVE-2016-0758 - uek-rpm: ol6: revert DRM for experimental or OL6-incompatible drivers Todd Vierling Orabug: 23270829 - unix: properly account for FDs passed over un...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3554)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3554 advisory. kernel-uek 4.1.12-37.2.2 - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctpaccept is called during a timeout event Karl Heiss Orabug: 23222731 CVE-2015-8767 Tenable has...

OracleVM 3.4 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0047)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctpaccept is called during a timeout event Karl Heiss Orabug: 23222731 CVE-2015-8767 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The package checks in this...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3553)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3553 advisory. kernel-uek 2.6.32-400.37.16uek - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctpaccept is called during a timeout event Karl Heiss Orabug: 23222781 CVE-2015-8767 Tenabl...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3552)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3552 advisory. 2.6.39-400.278.2 - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctpaccept is called during a timeout event Karl Heiss Orabug: 23222773 CVE-2015-8767 Tenable has extracte...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3551)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3551 advisory. - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctpaccept is called during a timeout event Karl Heiss Orabug: 23222753 CVE-2015-8767 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 2.6.32-400.37.16uek - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctpaccept is called during a timeout event Karl Heiss Orabug: 23222781 CVE-2015-8767...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 4.1.12-37.2.2 - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctpaccept is called during a timeout event Karl Heiss Orabug: 23222731 CVE-2015-8767...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2016:0185-01

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...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system handled replacing of remote attributes under certain conditions. A local user with access to XFS file system mount could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. CVE-2015-0274, Important It was found that...

kernel: soft lockup on aio

It was found that due to excessive fileslock locking, a soft lockup could be triggered in the Linux kernel when performing asynchronous I/O operations. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system...

CVE-2014-8172: Undefined Security Weakness

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service soft lockup or system crash via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O AIO operations...