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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

kernel: EXT4 memory corruption / SLAB out-of-bounds read

Mounting a crafted EXT4 image read-only leads to an attacker controlled memory corruption and SLAB-Out-of-Bounds reads...

CVE-2017-7495

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where filesystems mounted with data=ordered mode may allow an attacker to read stale data from recently allocated blocks in new files after a system 'reset' by abusing ext4 mechanics of delayed allocation. Mitigation Alternative filesystems may be use...

Linux kernel information disclosure vulnerability (CNVD-2017-06933)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the fs/ext4/inode.c file in versions of Linux kernel prior to 4.6.2, which stems from the program failing to properly handle...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3566)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3566 advisory. - nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops J. Bruce Fields Orabug: 25986990 CVE-2017-7895 - KVM: x86: fix emulation of 'MOV SS, null...

OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0105)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops J. Bruce Fields Orabug: 25986990 CVE-2017-7895 - fnic: Update fnic driver version to 1.6.0.24 John Sobecki Orabug: 24448585 - xen-netfront: Rework th...

CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

Design/Logic Flaw

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

CVE-2017-7495

CVE-2017-7495 affects the Linux kernel’s ext4 inode handling (inode.c) in data=ordered mode, where a mishandled needs-flushing-before-commit list leaks sensitive data from other users’ files under opportunistic conditions. The cited sources specify this is a local vulnerability: an attacker with ...

CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7495

fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.2, when ext4 data=ordered mode is used, mishandles a needs-flushing-before-commit list, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from other users' files in opportunistic circumstances by waiting for a hardware reset, creating a new...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-562)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-7618: crypto/ahash.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service API operation calling its own callback, and infinite recursion by...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-7618: crypto/ahash.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service API operation calling its own callback, and infinite recursion by triggeri...

EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : e2fsprogs (EulerOS-SA-2016-1038)

According to the versions of the e2fsprogs packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The e2fsprogs package contains a number of utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in second, third a...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3539)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3539 advisory. - KVM: x86: fix emulation of 'MOV SS, null selector' Paolo Bonzini Orabug: 25719659 CVE-2017-2583 CVE-2017-2583 - ext4: store checksum seed in...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0062)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - uek-rpm: enable CONFIGKSPLICE. Jamie Iles Orabug: 25698171 - ksplice: add sysctls for determining Ksplice features. Jamie Iles - signal: protect SIGNALUNKILLABLE from unintentional clearing. Jamie Ile...