openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1426)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.36 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended...

Exploit for Race Condition in Linux Linux_Kernel

ocoboroot.c linux AFPACKET race condition exploit exploit for...

5-Year-Old Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation Flaw Discovered

A 5-year-old serious privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Linux kernel that affects almost every distro of the Linux operating system, including Redhat, and Ubuntu. Over a month back, a nine-year-old privilege-escalation vulnerability, dubbed "Dirty COW," was discovered in th...

Linux af_packet.c race condition (local root) (CVE-2016-8655)

To create AFPACKET sockets you need CAPNETRAW in your network namespace, which can be acquired by unprivileged processes on systems where unprivileged namespaces are enabled Ubuntu, Fedora, etc. It can be triggered from within containers to compromise the host kernel. On Android, processes with...

Linux Kernel 4.4.0 AF_PACKET Race Condition / Privilege Escalation Exploit

Linux AFPACKET race condition exploit for Ubuntu 16.04 x8664. / chocoboroot.c linux AFPACKET race condition exploit exploit for Ubuntu 16.04 x8664 vroom vroom ============================== email protected:$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-51-generic 72-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 24 18:29:54 UTC 2016 x8664...

USN-3151-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerability | Cloud Foundry

USN-3151-2: Linux kernel Xenial HWE vulnerability High Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS The following Cloud Foundry BOSH stemcells are vulnerable: All versions prior to 3151.5 3233.x versions prior to 3233.6 3263.x versions prior to 3263.12 3312.x versions prior to 3312....

USN-3152-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerability

Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

USN-3150-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges...

Linux Kernel 4.4.0 (Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 x86-64) - 'AF_PACKET' Race Condition Privilege Escalation

/ chocoboroot.c linux AFPACKET race condition exploit exploit for Ubuntu 16.04 x8664 vroom vroom ============================== user@ubuntu:$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-51-generic 72-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 24 18:29:54 UTC 2016 x8664 x8664 x8664 GNU/Linux user@ubuntu:$ id uid=1000user gid=1000user...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-3151-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3151-1 advisory. Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial o...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability (USN-3151-3)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3151-3 advisory. Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial o...

Linux Kernel 4.4.0 (Ubuntu 14.0416.04 x86-64) - AF_PACKET Race Condition Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 4.4.0 Ubuntu 14.0416.04 x86-64 - AFPACKET Race Condition Privilege Escalation / chocoboroot.c linux AFPACKET race condition exploit exploit for Ubuntu 16.04 x8664 vroom vroom ============================== user@ubuntu:$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-51-generic 72-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 24...

Ubuntu 16.10 : linux vulnerability (USN-3152-1)

Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-3150-1)

Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3151-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-3149-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-3152-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-3150-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-3149-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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-3151-4: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerability

Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the afpacket implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges...