Updated virtualbox packages fix security vulnerabilities

Some security vulnerabilities are fixed by this update; please see the links. If you will not update to kernel 6.6.137 flavors, please think in use dkms-virtualbox package instead of virtualbox-kernel as those packages have not been updated for previous kernels...

Important: kmod-nvidia-open-dkms

Issue Overview: NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA kernel module where an attacker could cause an integer overflow or wraparound. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of servic...

Amazon Linux 2023 : kmod-nvidia-open-dkms (ALAS2023NVIDIA-2026-272)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023NVIDIA-2026-272 advisory. NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA kernel module where an attacker could cause an integer overflow or wraparound. A successful exploit of this vulnerability mig...

Important: kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms

Issue Overview: NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA kernel module where an attacker could cause an integer overflow or wraparound. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of servic...

Important: kmod-nvidia-open-dkms

Issue Overview: NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux and Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode driver, where an attacker could access memory outside bounds permitted under normal use cases. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to denial of service, data tampering, or...

Important: kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms

Issue Overview: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability which could allow an unprivileged attacker to escalate permissions. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data...

Important: kmod-nvidia-open-dkms

Issue Overview: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Linux contains a vulnerability which could allow an unprivileged attacker to escalate permissions. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, and data...

dkms 3.1.3-1 Causes Backup to Fail With “Veeam snapshot kernel module not found”

Article Applicability This article is specifically regarding RPM-based Linux distros i.e., Oracle, Fedora, and Tumbleweed that have dkms 3.1.3 installed: root@localhost rpm -qa | grep dkms dkms-3.1.3 -1.el9.noarch Challenge Veeam Agent for Linux backup job fails with the following errors when dkm...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2023-0237)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2023-0238)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 5.15.120 and fixes atleast the following security issues: A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel DECnet networking protocol was found. A remote user could use this flaw to crash the system. This is fixed by removing DECnet support...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream 5.15.120 and fixes atleast the following security issues: A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel DECnet networking protocol was found. A remote user could use this flaw to crash the system. This is fixed by removing DECnet support CVE-2023-3338...

MGASA-2023-0237 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream 5.15.120 and fixes atleast the following security issues: A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel DECnet networking protocol was found. A remote user could use this flaw to crash the system. This is fixed by removing DECnet support CVE-2023-3338...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : backport-iwlwifi-dkms vulnerabilities (USN-5708-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5708-1 advisory. Snke Huster discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel, leading to a buffer...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0185)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

MGASA-2021-0058 Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 5.10.11 and fixes at least the following security issue: SCSI “EXTENDED COPY” XCOPY requests sent to a Linux SCSI target LIO allow an attacker to read or write anywhere on any LIO backstore configured on the host, provided the attacker has access to o...

USN-4689-4 linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-oracle update

USN-4689-3 fixed vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA server graphics drivers. This update provides the corresponding updates for the NVIDIA Linux DKMS kernel modules. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the NVIDIA GPU display driver for the Linux kernel contained a vulnerability that...

Installing DKMS in SLES

Challenge On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES, a non-precompiled veeamsnap module requires the dkms package, but the dkms package cannot be found. Cause The dkms package is not available within the Packman repository for SLES. Solution Install the OpenSUSE dkms package on the SLES system. Exampl...

Annual Protest to ‘Fight Krebs’ Raises €150K+

In 2018, KrebsOnSecurity unmasked the creators of Coinhive -- a now-defunct cryptocurrency mining service that was being massively abused by cybercriminals -- as the administrators of a popular German language image-hosting forum. In protest of that story, forum members donated hundreds of...

Tyton - Linux Kernel-Mode Rootkit Hunter for 4.4.0-31+

Linux Kernel-Mode Rootkit Hunter for 4.4.0-31+. For more information, visit Tyton's website. Detected Attacks Hidden Modules Syscall Table Hooking Network Protocol Hooking Netfilter Hooking Zeroed Process Inodes Process Fops Hooking Interrupt Descriptor Table Hooking Additional Features...