USN-2971-2 linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities

USN-2971-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 15.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 15.10 for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did no...

USN-2970-1 linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver 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-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...

USN-2969-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver 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-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...

USN-2968-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-2968-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kerne...

USN-2968-1 linux vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver 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-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...

USN-2965-4: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly reference count file descriptors, leading to a use-after-free. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the...

USN-2965-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-2965-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Jann Horn discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter eBPF implementation in t...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2544

Race condition in the queuedelete function in sound/core/seq/seqqueue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free and system crash by making an ioctl call at a certain time...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3503-1 (linux - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service, information leak or data loss. CVE-2013-4312 Tetsuo Handa discovered that users can use pipes queued on local Unix sockets to allocate an unfair share of kernel memory,...

Debian DSA-3503-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service, information leak or data loss. - CVE-2013-4312, CVE-2016-2847 Tetsuo Handa discovered that users can use pipes queued on local Unix sockets to allocate an unfair share of...

Kernel: ALSA: control: protect user controls against races & memory disclosure

An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA implementation handled access of the user control's state. A local, privileged user could use this flaw to leak kernel memory to user space...

Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0936)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0936 : Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVS...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Security fixes : - A flaw in sctppacketconfig in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. CVE-2010-3432, Important - A missing integer overflow check in sndctlnew in the Linux kernel's sound subsystem...

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

This update fixes the following security issues : - Missing sanity checks in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel could allow a local, unprivileged user to escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-2962, Important - compatallocuserspace in the Linux kernel 32/64-bit compatibility layer...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in sctppacketconfig in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2010-3432, Important - A missing integer overflow check...

SuSE9 Security Update : the Linux kernel (YOU Patch Number 12677)

This patch updates the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 kernel to fix various security issues and some bugs. The following security issues were fixed : - The hciuartttyopen function in the HCI UART driver drivers/bluetooth/hcildisc.c in the Linux kernel did not verify whether the tty has a write...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0936 centos4 i386

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2010:0936 Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring...

Buffer overflow

The loadmixervolumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 incorrectly expects that a certain name field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks and gain privileges, or possibly obtain sensiti...

CVE-2010-4527

The CVE-2010-4527 entry concerns the Linux kernel OSS sound driver (load_mixer_volumes in sound/oss/soundcard.c). It arises because a name field is not guaranteed to end with a NUL, enabling a local user to trigger a buffer overflow via SOUND_MIXER_SETLEVELS, with potential to escalate privileges...