kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound write in jbd2journaldirtymetadata, a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image...

kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound access in ext4getgroupinfo function, a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image...

kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4xattrsetentry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image...

kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4/mballoc.c:ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image

The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in the ext4/mballoc.c:ext4processfreeddata function. An attacker could trick a legitimate user or a privileged attacker could exploit this by mounting a crafted ext4 image to cause a kernel panic...

kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image

The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in the ext4/xattr.c:ext4xattrinodehash function. An attacker could trick a legitimate user or a privileged attacker could exploit this to cause a NULL pointer dereference with a crafted ext4 image...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2018:2407-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

SUSE-SU-2018:1855-2 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-5848: In the function wmisetie, the length validation code did not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ielen...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2776-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 4.4.155 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-13093: Prevent NULL pointer dereference and panic in lookupslow on a NULL inode-iops pointer when doing pathwalks on a corrupted xfs image. Th...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0253)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - rebuild bumping release - Cipso: cipsov4optptr enter infinite loop yujuan.qi Orabug: 28563992 CVE-2018-10938 - Btrfs: fix listadd corruption and soft lockups in fsync Liu Bo - x86/paravirt: Fix...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.18.9 - rebuild bumping release 4.1.12-124.18.8 - Cipso: cipsov4optptr enter infinite loop yujuan.qi Orabug: 28563992 CVE-2018-10938 - Btrfs: fix listadd corruption and soft lockups in fsync Liu Bo Orabug: 28119834 - x86/paravirt: Fix spectre-v2 mitigations for paravirt guests Peter...

SUSE-SU-2018:2596-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 RT kernel was updated to 4.4.147 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-18344: The timercreate syscall implementation in kernel/time/posix-timers.c didn't properly validate the sigevent-sigevnotify field, which...

USN-3752-3: Linux kernel (Azure, GCP, OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null pointer dereference could be triggered in the Linux kernel in some circumstances. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1000200 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS...

USN-3753-2 linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

USN-3753-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly...

USN-3752-2 linux-hwe vulnerabilities

USN-3752-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null...

USN-3754-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta block groups. An attacker with physical access could use this to specially craft an ext4 image that causes a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10208 It was discovered that an...

USN-3754-1 linux vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta block groups. An attacker with physical access could use this to specially craft an ext4 image that causes a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10208 It was discovered that an...

USN-3753-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly enforce permissions on kernel memory access. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly elevate privileges. CVE-2017-13168 Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability...

USN-3752-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null pointer dereference could be triggered in the Linux kernel in some circumstances. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1000200 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS...

USN-3752-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null pointer dereference could be triggered in the Linux kernel in some circumstances. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1000200 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3753-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3753-2 advisory. USN-3753-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...