Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4094-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4094-1 advisory. It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could...

USN-4094-1 linux, linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2018-13053 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track...

USN-4094-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2018-13053 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update provides the upstream 4.14.119 that adds the kernel side mitigations for the Microarchitectural Data Sampling MDS, also called ZombieLoad attack vulnerabilities in Intel processors that can allow attackers to retrieve data being processed inside a CPU. To complete the mitigatio...

[SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security update

Package : linux Version : 3.16.64-1 CVE ID : CVE-2016-10741 CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2017-13305 CVE-2018-3639 CVE-2018-5848 CVE-2018-5953 CVE-2018-12896 CVE-2018-13053 CVE-2018-16862 CVE-2018-16884 CVE-2018-17972 CVE-2018-18281 CVE-2018-18690 CVE-2018-18710 CVE-2018-19824 CVE-2018-19985 CVE-2018-20169...

Debian DLA-1715-1 : linux-4.9 security update (Spectre)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2017-18249 A race condition was discovered in the disk space allocator of F2FS. A user with access to an F2FS volume could use this to cause a deni...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4575)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4575 advisory. - ext4: only look at the bgflags field if it is valid Theodore Tso Orabug: 29316684 CVE-2018-10876 CVE-2018-10876 - net: Set skprotcreator when...

MGASA-2019-0098 Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.100 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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3879-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3879-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal fo...

USN-3879-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3879-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could...

USN-3879-2 linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

USN-3879-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could...

USN-3879-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal for an inline file. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system cras...

USN-3879-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal for an inline file. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system cras...

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...

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...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2018-1133)

A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after the final file truncation removal. The new file created with the same inode may contain leftover pages from cleancache and the old file data instead of the new one.CVE-2018-16862 An issue wa...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2018-1133)

A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after the final file truncation removal. The new file created with the same inode may contain leftover pages from cleancache and the old file data instead of the new one.CVE-2018-16862 An issue wa...

Linux kernel information disclosure vulnerability (CNVD-2018-24296)

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way the cleancache subsystem in Linux kernel cleans index nodes, which can be exploited by an attacker to obtain...

Design/Logic Flaw

A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after the final file truncation removal. The new file created with the same inode may contain leftover pages from cleancache and the old file data instead of the new one...

CVE-2018-16862

A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after the final file truncation removal. The new file created with the same inode may contain leftover pages from cleancache and the old file data instead of the new one...