Unspecified vulnerability in Linux kernel (CNVD-2020-28266)

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the 'btreegccoalesce' function in the drivers/md/bcache/btree.c file in Linux kernel 5.6.11 and earlier versions. An attacker can...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12771

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. btreegccoalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c has a deadlock if a coalescing operation fails...

PT-2020-2430

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 5.6.11 Description An issue in the Linux kernel exists due to insufficient input validation in the btree gc coalesce function, located in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c. This can lead to a deadlock if a coalescing...

PT-2017-11655

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeRADIUS versions 2.x through 2.2.9 Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service daemon crash or possibly execute arbitrary code due to a write overflow in the rad coalesce function. Recommendations For FreeRADI...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 was updated to 4.1.27 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-4997: A buffer overflow in 32bit compatsetsockopt iptables handling could lead to a local privilege escalation. bsc986362 - CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based...

Understanding Garbage Collection and Coalesce Process Troubleshooting

Summary In most cases, customers have experienced issues with coalescing snapshots after deleting snapshots. At times we do notsee the reclaimed space once a snapshot is deleted. Even with an SR rescan to manually get the Garbage Collection GC to kick-in does not reclaim space. This article...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2015-686)

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-3290: arch/x86/entry/entry64.S in the Linux kernel on the x8664 platform improperly relied on espfix64 during nested NMI processing, which allowed local users to gain...