SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:13937-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 3.0.101 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-9516: In hiddebugeventsread of drivers/hid/hid-debug.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0065-1 Rating: important References: 1024718 1046299 1050242 1050244 1051510 1055121 1055186 1058115 1060463 1065729 1078248 1079935 1082387 1083647 1086282 1086283 1086423 1087978 1088386 1090888...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4510)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4510 advisory. - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix UAF decrement if card has no live interfaces in card.c Hui Peng Orabug: 29042981 CVE-2018-19824 - ALSA: usb-audio: Replace...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

Linux kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. Local users are able to exploit a race condition in the ALSA subsystem to crash the application via malicious /dev/snd/seq ioctl calls. The crash is a result of a use-after-free UAF bug in sndseqioctlcreateport...

Privilege Escalation

kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks. The vulnerability exists through a use-after-free vulnerability in the sndpcminfo function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors...

Information Disclosure

Linxu kernel is vulnerable to information disclosure. It was found that the timer functionality in the Linux kernel ALSA subsystem is prone to a race condition between read and ioctl system call handlers, resulting in an uninitialized memory disclosure to user space. A local user could use this...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.14.35-1844.1.3 - net: rds: fix rdsibsysctlmaxrecvallocation error Zhu Yanjun Orabug: 29003422 - nfs: dont dirty kernel pages read by direct-io Dave Kleikamp Orabug: 29122062 - KVM: X86: Fix scan ioapic use-before-initialization Wanpeng Li Orabug: 29026132 CVE-2018-19407 - hugetlb: take PMD...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.24.3 - ext4: update idisksize when new eof exceeds it Shan Hai Orabug: 28940828 - ext4: update idisksize if direct write past ondisk size Eryu Guan Orabug: 28940828 - ext4: protect idisksize update by idatasem in direct write path Eryu Guan Orabug: 28940828 - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix UAF...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.29.1 - Copy secureboot flag in boot params across kexec reboot Dave Young Orabug: 22066352 CVE-2015-7837 - ipv6: tcp: add rcu locking in tcpv6sendsynack Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25059183 CVE-2016-3841 - ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np-opt Eric Dumazet Orabug: 2505918...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.305.1 - ipv6: tcp: add rcu locking in tcpv6sendsynack Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25059185 CVE-2016-3841 - ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np-opt Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25059185 CVE-2016-3841 - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix an integer overflow in sysfs code Dan Carpenter Orabug: 28220492...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.89 and fixes at least the following security issues: Cross-hyperthread Spectre v2 mitigation is now provided by the Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors STIBP support. Note that STIBP also requires the functionality be supported by the Intel...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2018:4133-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2018:4133-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1549)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.165-81.1 to receive various bugfixes. The following non-security bugs were fixed : - 9p locks: fix glock.clientid leak in dolock bnc1012382. - 9p: clear dangling pointers in p9statfree bnc1012382. - ACPI / LPSS: Add alternative ACPI HIDs for Cherry...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1548)

The openSUSE Leap 15.0 kernel was updated to 4.12.14-lp150.12.28.1 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-18281: The mremap syscall performs TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If a syscall such as ftruncate removes entries from the...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 15.0 kernel was updated to 4.12.14-lp150.12.28.1 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-18281: The mremap syscall performs TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If a syscall such as ftruncate removes entries from the...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.165-81.1 to receive various bugfixes. The following non-security bugs were fixed: - 9p locks: fix glock.clientid leak in dolock bnc1012382. - 9p: clear dangling pointers in p9statfree bnc1012382. - ACPI / LPSS: Add alternative ACPI HIDs for Cherry...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:4069-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-19824: 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 i...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.23.2 - ntty: fix EXTPROC vs ICANON interaction with TIOCINQ aka FIONREAD Linus Torvalds Orabug: 28855335 CVE-2018-18386 - nfs: Don't take a reference on fl-flfile for LOCK operation Benjamin Coddington Orabug: 28887442 - x86/topology: Update the 'cpu cores' field in /proc/cpuinfo...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.304.1 - mnt: Prevent pivotroot from creating a loop in the mount tree Eric W. Biederman Orabug: 26575709 CVE-2014-7970 CVE-2014-7970 - vfs: more mntparent cleanups Al Viro Orabug: 26575709 CVE-2014-7970 - vfs: new internal helper: mnthasparentmnt Al Viro Orabug: 26575709 CVE-2014-7970 ...