Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5791)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5791 advisory. - efi: Restrict efivarssdtload when the kernel is locked down Matthew Garrett Orabug: 31662729 CVE-2019-20908 Tenable has extracted the preceding description...

kernel: lockdown: bypass through ACPI write via acpi_configfs

A flaw was found in how the ACPI table loading through acpiconfigfs was handled when the kernel was locked down. This flaw allows a root privileged local user to circumvent the kernel lockdown restrictions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as wel...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended 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: lockdown: bypass through ACPI write via acpi_configfs

A flaw was found in how the ACPI table loading through acpiconfigfs was handled when the kernel was locked down. This flaw allows a root privileged local user to circumvent the kernel lockdown restrictions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as wel...

kernel: lockdown: bypass through ACPI write via efivar_ssdt

A flaw was found in how the ACPI table loading through the EFI variable and the related efivarssdt boot option was handled when the Linux kernel was locked down. This flaw allows a root privileged local user to circumvent the kernel lockdown restrictions. The highest threat from this vulnerabilit...

kernel: lockdown: bypass through ACPI write via acpi_configfs

A flaw was found in how the ACPI table loading through acpiconfigfs was handled when the kernel was locked down. This flaw allows a root privileged local user to circumvent the kernel lockdown restrictions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as wel...

kernel: lockdown: bypass through ACPI write via efivar_ssdt

A flaw was found in how the ACPI table loading through the EFI variable and the related efivarssdt boot option was handled when the Linux kernel was locked down. This flaw allows a root privileged local user to circumvent the kernel lockdown restrictions. The highest threat from this vulnerabilit...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

kernel: lockdown: bypass through ACPI write via efivar_ssdt

A flaw was found in how the ACPI table loading through the EFI variable and the related efivarssdt boot option was handled when the Linux kernel was locked down. This flaw allows a root privileged local user to circumvent the kernel lockdown restrictions. The highest threat from this vulnerabilit...

kernel: lockdown: bypass through ACPI write via acpi_configfs

A flaw was found in how the ACPI table loading through acpiconfigfs was handled when the kernel was locked down. This flaw allows a root privileged local user to circumvent the kernel lockdown restrictions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as wel...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4439-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4439-1 advisory. It was discovered that the network block device nbd implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for error conditions in some situations. An...

USN-4426-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jason A. Donenfeld discovered that the ACPI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict loading SSDT code from an EFI variable. A privileged attacker could use this to bypass Secure Boot lockdown restrictions and execute arbitrary code in the kernel. CVE-2019-20908 Fan Yang...

USN-4426-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Jason A. Donenfeld discovered that the ACPI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict loading SSDT code from an EFI variable. A privileged attacker could use this to bypass Secure Boot lockdown restrictions and execute arbitrary code in the kernel. CVE-2019-20908 Fan Yang...

USN-4439-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the network block device nbd implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for error conditions in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2019-16089 It was discovered that the btrfs file system...

USN-4425-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the network block device nbd implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for error conditions in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2019-16089 It was discovered that the kernel-user space relay...

USN-4425-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-riscv vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the network block device nbd implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for error conditions in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2019-16089 It was discovered that the kernel-user space relay...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2020-1062)

The openSUSE Leap 15.2 was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2020-15393: usbtestdisconnect in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c had a memory leak, aka CID-28ebeb8db770 bnc1173514. - CVE-2020-12771: btreegccoalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree....

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1062-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The openSUSE Leap 15.2 was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2020-15393: usbtestdisconnect in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c had a memory leak, aka CID-28ebeb8db770 bnc1173514. - CVE-2020-12771: btreegccoalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1062-1 Rating: important References: 1152472 1152489 1153274 1154353 1155518 1155798 1156395 1158983 1162702 1167773 1169094 1170284 1170617 1171150 1171529 1171530 1171732 1172344 1172543 1172687...