Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-000796)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-000796 advisory. The restorefpuchecking function in arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 on the AMD K7 and K8 platforms does not clear pending...

Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002291)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-002291 advisory. The restorefpuchecking function in arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 on the AMD K7 and K8 platforms does not clear pending...

Vm86 - Syscall Task Switch Kernel Panic / Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Source: http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2013/Vm86SyscallTaskSwitchKernelPanic/ Introduction Problem description: The initial observation was, that the linux vm86 syscall, which allows to use the virtual-8086 mode from userspace for emulating o...

USN-2234-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 Dmitry Vyukov reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of IPv6 UDP Fragmentation...

CVE-2014-1438

The restorefpuchecking function in arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 on the AMD K7 and K8 platforms does not clear pending exceptions before proceeding to an EMMS instruction, which allows local users to cause a denial of service task kill or possibly gain...

ChangeLog-2.6.16.9

commit 9d395d1961a0eeb9e8b1ef2854f3ca8f0b985266 Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman [email protected] Date: Tue Apr 18 23:10:14 2006 -0700 Linux 2.6.16.9 commit 7466f9e72dac13452d871a3fb72fc7bd9c93c864 Author: Andi Kleen [email protected] Date: Wed Apr 19 07:17:31 2006 +0200 PATCH i386/x86-64: Fix x87 information...