kernel: net: incorrect processing of checksums in UDP implementation

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's networking implementation handled UDP packets with incorrect checksum values. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to trigger an infinite loop in the kernel, resulting in a denial of service on the system, or cause a denial of service in...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, a...

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...