OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0237)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - dm: fix race between dmgetfromkobject and dmdestroy Hou Tao CVE-2017-18203 - drm: udl: Properly check framebuffer mmap offsets Greg Kroah-Hartman Orabug: 27986407 CVE-2018-8781 - kernel/exit.c: avoid...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2018:1965 centos7

Check the version of kernel SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882915";...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. 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 each vulnerability from...

kernel: Out-of-bounds access via an XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE xfrm Netlink message

The xfrmmigrate function in the net/xfrm/xfrmpolicy.c file in the Linux kernel built with CONFIGXFRMMIGRATE does not verify if the dir parameter is less than XFRMPOLICYMAX. This allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds access or possibly have unspecified other impact by...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4131)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4131 advisory. - netlink: add a start callback for starting a netlink dump Tom Herbert Orabug: 27169581 CVE-2017-16939 Tenable has extracted the preceding description bloc...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2018:1318 centos7

Check the version of kernel SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882900";...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2018-1023)

A weakness was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated. CVE-2018-1108 A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stac...

RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2018:1355)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1355 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

Kernel: ipsec: xfrm: use-after-free leading to potential privilege escalation

The Linux kernel is vulerable to a use-after-free flaw when Transformation User configuration interfaceCONFIGXFRMUSER compile-time configuration were enabled. This vulnerability occurs while closing a xfrm netlink socket in xfrmdumppolicydone. A user/process could abuse this flaw to potentially...

Kernel: ipsec: xfrm: use-after-free leading to potential privilege escalation

The Linux kernel is vulerable to a use-after-free flaw when Transformation User configuration interfaceCONFIGXFRMUSER compile-time configuration were enabled. This vulnerability occurs while closing a xfrm netlink socket in xfrmdumppolicydone. A user/process could abuse this flaw to potentially...

The vulnerability in the implementation of the XFRM dump policy (net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c) in the Linux operating system allows a perpetrator to increase their privileges or cause service failures.

The vulnerability of the XFRM dump policy implementation net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux operating system is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges or cause a service failure the use of resources after they...

Important kernel security update: CVE-2017-8824 and other; Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 42.0 for Virtuozzo 7.0.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.3

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch was updated with security and stability fixes. The patch applies to Virtuozzo kernels 3.10.0-327.18.2.vz7.15.2 Virtuozzo 7.0.0, 3.10.0-327.42.0.vz7.18.7 Virtuozzo 7.0.1, and 3.10.0-327.42.0.vz7.20.18 Virtuozzo 7.0.3. Vulnerability id: CVE-2017-8824 A...

Debian DSA-4082-1 : linux - security update (Meltdown)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-5754 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Intel processors, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to...

kernel update provides 4.14 series and fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update provides an upgrade to the 4.14 longterm branch, currently based on 4.14.10. It also fixes at least the following security issues: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom wi-fi driver CVE-2017-0786. Use-after-free vulnerability in the sndpcminfo function in the...

kernel-tmb update provides 4.14 series and fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update provides an upgrade to the 4.14 longterm branch, currently based on 4.14.10. It also fixes at least the following security issues: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom wi-fi driver CVE-2017-0786. Use-after-free vulnerability in the sndpcminfo function in...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.103 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000405: A bug in the THP CoW support could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory of other processes and cause them to crash bnc1069496. -...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3340-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.69-606432 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3336-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606448 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3338-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606463 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsocko...

USN-3509-3: Linux kernel regression

USN-3509-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Unfortunately, it also introduced a regression that prevented the Ceph network filesystem from being used. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Mohamed Ghannam...