openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2020-388)

The openSUSE Leap 15.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2020-8647: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vcdoresize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c bnc1162929 1164078. - CVE-2020-8649: There was a use-after-free...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0388-1 Rating: important References: 1044231 1051510 1056686 1065729 1111666 1111974 1112178 1113956 1114279 1119680 1141895 1156510 1158187 1159285 1161561 1162929 1162931 1164078 1164507 1164632...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-2392)

The openSUSE Leap 15.0 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2019-17666: rtlp2pnoaie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c lacked a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow bnc1154372. - CVE-2019-16232:...

USN-4162-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

USN-4162-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. It was discovered that the RSI 91x Wi-Fi driver in the Linux kernel did not did not handle detach...

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...