openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1227) (Dirty COW)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcommsockbind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1212) (Dirty COW)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.34, fixing bugs and security issues. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004418. - CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overfl...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.34, fixing bugs and security issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAPPRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild bsc1004418. - CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overflo...

Stack overflow

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmfcfg80211startap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Eleme...

CVE-2016-8658

CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overflow in brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap (Linux kernel, brcmfmac cfg80211) before 4.7.5. Exploitation path involves sending a Netlink command with a long SSID Information Element, enabling a local attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (system crash) or potentially o...

CVE-2016-8658

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmfcfg80211startap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Eleme...

CVE-2016-8658

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmfcfg80211startap function in 'drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c' in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information...