Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5545-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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-5545-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability

Arthur Mongodin discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform data validation. A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges in certain situations...

SUSE-SU-2022:2629-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2022-29900, CVE-2022-29901: Fixed the RETBLEED attack, a new Spectre like Branch Target Buffer attack, that can leak arbitrary kernel information...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impac...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch security update

An update for kpatch-patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, i...

kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's Netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nftablesapi.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue...

kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's Netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nftablesapi.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

kernel-rt security and bug fix update

An update is available for kernel-rt. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's Netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nftablesapi.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue...

USN-5544-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Atheros ath9k wireless device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-1679...

RHEL 7 : kpatch-patch (RHSA-2022:5804)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5804 advisory. This is a kernel live patch module which is automatically loaded by the RPM post-install script to modify the code of a running kernel. Security Fixe...

Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Security Fixes: kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information leak CVE-2022-1012 kernel: a...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5544-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5544-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Atheros ath9k wireless device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error conditions, leading to...

RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2022:5834)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5834 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

CVE-2020-36558

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Virtual Terminal subsystem was found in how a user calls the VTRESIZEX ioctl. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system...

USN-5540-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Liu Jian discovered that the IGMP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-20141 It was discovered that...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Intel Microcode vulnerabilities (USN-5535-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5535-1 advisory. Joseph Nuzman discovered that some Intel processors did not properly initialise shared resources. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive...

CVE-2022-36952

In Veritas NetBackup OpsCenter, a hard-coded credential exists that could be used to exploit the underlying VxSS subsystem. This affects 8.x through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1, and 10...