Debian DSA-3329-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak. - CVE-2015-1333 Colin Ian King discovered a flaw in the addkey function of the Linux kernel's keyring subsystem. A local user can exploit this flaw to...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2683-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2683-1 advisory. A flaw was discovered in the kvm kernel virtual machine subsystem's kvmapichasevents function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause...

USN-2684-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the kvm kernel virtual machine subsystem's kvmapichasevents function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-4692 Daniel Borkmann reported a kernel crash in the Linux kernel's BPF filter JIT optimization. A...

USN-2682-1 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the kvm kernel virtual machine subsystem's kvmapichasevents function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-4692 A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker...

USN-2682-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the kvm kernel virtual machine subsystem's kvmapichasevents function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-4692 A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3313-1 (linux - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service. CVE-2015-3290 Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle nested NMIs. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw for privilege...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: python-tornado-3.2.2-1.fc21

Tornado is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools. The framework is distinct from most mainstream web server frameworks and certainly most Python frameworks because it is non-blocking and reasonably fast. Because it is non-blocking and uses epoll, it can handle...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: python-tornado-3.2.2-1.fc22

Tornado is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools. The framework is distinct from most mainstream web server frameworks and certainly most Python frameworks because it is non-blocking and reasonably fast. Because it is non-blocking and uses epoll, it can handle...

RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2012:1150)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1150 advisory. The kernel-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: A...

Linux Kernel fs/eventpoll.c Local Denial of Service

No description provided by source. / The Linux Kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. Successful exploits will allow attackers to cause the kernel to crash, denying service to legitimate users. / include netinet/in.h include sys/epoll.h include errno.h int main struct...

Linux Kernel <= 2.6.11 (CPL 0) Local Root Exploit (k-rad3.c)

No description provided by source. / k-rad3.c - linux 2.6.11 and below CPL 0 kernel local exploit v3 Discovered and original exploit coded Jan 2005 by sd [email protected] Modified 2005/9 by alert7 [email protected] XFOCUS Security Team http://www.xfocus.org gcc -o k-rad3 k-rad3.c -static -O2 test...

openSUSE Security Update : Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:0799-1)

This kernel update of the openSUSE 12.1 kernel fixes lots of bugs and security issues. Following issues were fixed : - tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages bnc765102. - net: sock: validate datalen before allocating skb in sockallocsendpskb bnc765320, CVE-2012-2136. - fcaps: clear the same personality flags...

samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update

3.6.9-164 - resolves: 1008574 - Fix offline logon cache not updating for cross child domain group membership. 3.6.9-163 - resolves: 1015359 - Fix CVE-2013-0213 and CVE-2013-0214 in SWAT. 3.6.9-162 - resolves: 978007 - Fix 'valid users' manpage documentation. 3.6.9-161 - resolves: 997338 - Fix...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2011-22)

The epoll implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37.2 and earlier does not properly traverse a tree of epoll file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service CPU consumption via a crafted application that makes epollcreate and epollctl system calls. Buffer overflow in the...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2025)

Description of changes: CVE-2012-2745: Denial-of-service in kernel key management. A potential double-free of the replacement session keyring on fork could result in a denial-of-service by a local, unprivileged user. CVE-2011-1083: Algorithmic denial of service in epoll. A flaw was found in the w...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2011-2016)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-2016 advisory. - kernel: Fix unlimited socket backlog DoS CVE-2010-4251 - rds: prevent BUGON triggering on congestion map updates CVE-2011-1023 - epoll: prevent...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0150)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0150 advisory. - fs jbd2: clear BHDelay & BHUnwritten in journalunmapbuffer Eric Sandeen 783284 CVE-2011-4086 - fs epoll: workarounds to preserve kernel ABI Jason Baron 681692...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.39-400.17.1 - This is a fix on dlmcleanmasterlist Xiaowei.Hu - RDS: fix rds-ping spinlock recursion jeff.liu Orabug: 16223050 - vhost: fix length for cross region descriptor Michael S. Tsirkin Orabug: 16387183 CVE-2013-0311 - kabifix: block/scsi: Allow request and error handling timeouts to b...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 6641 / 6643 / 6648)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel was updated to 3.0.38, fixing various bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - Several buffer overread and overwrite errors in the UDF logical volume descriptor code have been fixed that might have have allowed local...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3375

The epollctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLLCTLADD operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service file-descriptor consumption and system crash via a crafted application that attempts to create a...