USN-4163-2 linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

USN-4163-1 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 ESM. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ARC EMAC ethernet driver for th...

USN-4163-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-4163-1 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 ESM. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ARC EMAC ethernet driver for th...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4163-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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: Security Advisory (USN-4162-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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-4163-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ARC EMAC ethernet driver for the Linux kernel, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10906 It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Serial...

USN-4163-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ARC EMAC ethernet driver for the Linux kernel, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10906 It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Serial...

USN-4162-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the RSI 91x Wi-Fi driver in the Linux kernel did not did not handle detach operations correctly, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-4162-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the RSI 91x Wi-Fi driver in the Linux kernel did not did not handle detach operations correctly, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4162-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4162-1 advisory. It was discovered that the RSI 91x Wi-Fi driver in the Linux kernel did not did not handle detach operations correctly, leading to a...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4163-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4163-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ARC EMAC ethernet driver for the Linux kernel, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. An...

CVE-2019-15927

An out-of-bounds flaw was found in the ALSA usb-audio subsystem in the Linux kernel. An array boundary check was needed to restrict the array size; failing this can cause an out-of-bound access problem. Data confidentiality and integrity, as well as system availability, are all threats with this...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4147-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4147-1 advisory. It was discovered that the Intel Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain Tunneled Direct Link Setup TDLS. A physically...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4147-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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...

The vulnerability of the usb_audio_probe function in the Linux operating system allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the usbaudioprobe function in the Linux kernel’s sound/usb/card.c file is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure due to the use of a malicious USB Sound device...

kernel: Use-after-free in sound/usb/card.c:usb_audio_probe()

A flaw was found In the Linux kernel, through version 4.19.6, where a local user could exploit a use-after-free in the ALSA driver by supplying a malicious USB Sound device with zero interfaces that is mishandled in usbaudioprobe in sound/usb/card.c. An attacker could corrupt memory and possibly...

Debian DLA-1731-2 : linux regression update (Spectre)

The linux update issued as DLA-1731-1 caused a regression in the vmxnet3 VMware virtual network adapter driver. This update corrects that regression, and an earlier regression in the CIFS network filesystem implementation introduced in DLA-1422-1. For reference the original advisory text follows...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-974)

The openSUSE Leap 15.0 kernel was updated to 4.12.14-lp150.12.28.1 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-18281: The mremap syscall performs TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If a syscall such as ftruncate removes entries from the...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0274-1 Rating: important References: 1012382 1020413 1031492 1042286 1050549 1078355 1086095 1086652 1099810 1103097 1105428 1106061 1106929 1116345 1117108 1117645 1117744 1120017 1120758 1120902...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2019-0002)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - rds: congestion updates can be missed when kernel low on memory Mukesh Kacker Orabug: 28425811 - net/rds: ib: Fix endless RNR Retries caused by memory allocation failures Venkat Venkatsubra Orabug:...

Linux kernel 'usb_audio_probe' function memory misreference vulnerability

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the U.S. ALSA Driver is one of the audio drivers. A memory misreference vulnerability exists in the 'usbaudioprobe' function of the sound/usb/card.c file of the ALSA Driver in the...