kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

3.10.0-327.OL7 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko 3.10.0-327 - mm free compound page with correct order Andrea Arcangeli 1274867 - netdrv revert 'ixgbe: Refactor busy poll socket code to address multiple issues' John Greene 1261275 - powerpc dma: dmasetcoherentmask should not be GPL only...

RHEL 7 : xfsprogs (RHSA-2015:2151)

Updated xfsprogs packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a...

xfsprogs: xfs_metadump information disclosure flaw

It was discovered that the xfsmetadump tool of the xfsprogs suite did not fully adhere to the standards of obfuscation described in its man page. In case a user with the necessary privileges used xfsmetadump and relied on the advertised obfuscation, the generated data could contain unexpected...

RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2015:1976)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1976 advisory. The kernel-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS subsystem...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

3.10.0-229.20.1.OL7 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko 3.10.0-229.20.1 - Revert: crypto nx - Check for bogus firmware properties Phillip Lougher 1247127 1190103 - Revert: crypto nx - Moving NX-AES-CBC to be processed logic Phillip Lougher 1247127 1190103 - Revert: crypto nx - Moving...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2015-686)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-3290: arch/x86/entry/entry64.S in the Linux kernel on the x8664 platform improperly relied on espfix64 during nested NMI processing, which allowed local users to gain...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Following security bugs were fixed: CVE-2015-3290: arch/x86/entry/entry64.S in the Linux kernel on the x8664 platform improperly relied on espfix64 during nested NMI processing, which allowed local users to gain...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2014-1870)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2012-2003)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2014-0328)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-489)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

Fedora 21 : xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.fc21 (2015-12406)

Gabriel Vlasiu reported that xfsmetadump, part of the xfsprogs suite of tools for the XFS filesystem, did not properly obfuscate data. xfsmetadump properly obfuscates active metadata, but the rest of the space within that fs block comes through in the clear. This could lead to exposure of stale...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.fc21

A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs. XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes, variable block sizes, is extent based, a...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: xfsprogs-3.2.4-1.fc23

A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs. XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes, variable block sizes, is extent based, a...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: xfsprogs-3.2.2-2.fc22

A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs. XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes, variable block sizes, is extent based, a...

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

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whic...

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

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whic...

Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Linux operating system, which allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The XFree86-xfs-4.1.0 package of the Red Hat Linux operating system has multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Linux operating system, which allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The XFree86-xfs-4.2.1-21 package of the Red Hat Linux operating system has multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to violations of confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...