Updated kernel-linus fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.50 and fixes at least the following security issues: The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang by leveraging access t...

CVE-2017-5547

drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIGVMAPSTACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash or memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page...

CVE-2017-5547

drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIGVMAPSTACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash or memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page...

CVE-2017-5547

drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIGVMAPSTACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash or memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page...

CVE-2017-5547

The CVE-2017-5547 issue affects Linux kernel 4.9.x prior to 4.9.6, specifically the drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c path. The root cause is incorrect interaction with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK, enabling a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (system crash) or memory corruption by abusing more than one...

Fedora 25 : kernel (2017-81fbd592d4)

The 4.9.6 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible...

Fedora 24 : kernel (2017-6cc158c193)

The 4.9.6 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible...

CVE-2017-5547

drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIGVMAPSTACK option which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash or memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page...