Improper Access Control

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free using the kfree function arbitrary kernel memory...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4301)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4301 advisory. - mnt: Prevent pivotroot from creating a loop in the mount tree Eric W. Biederman Orabug: 26575709 CVE-2014-7970 CVE-2014-7970 - vfs: more mntparen...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4299)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4299 advisory. - xfs: don't call xfsdashrinkinode with NULL bp Eric Sandeen Orabug: 28898616 CVE-2018-13094 - ALSA: rawmidi: Change resized buffers atomically...

MGASA-2018-0417 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.78 and fixes at least the following security issues: An issue was discovered in the fdlockedioctl function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7. The floppy driver will copy a kernel pointer to user memory in response to the...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on the upstream 4.14.78 and adds additional fixes for the L1TF security issues. It also fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel from versions 3.9 and up, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packets...

Debian DLA-1531-1 : linux-4.9 security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2018-6554 A memory leak in the irdabind function in the irda subsystem was discovered. A local user can take advantage of this flaw to cause a deni...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-3718-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3718-1 advisory. USN-3695-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Unfortunately, the fix for CVE-2018-1108 introduced a regression where insufficient ear...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3696-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3696-1 advisory. It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of servic...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3696-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-3697-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3697-2 advisory. It was discovered that a null pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could u...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3695-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3695-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the crc32c checksum driver. A local attacker...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3695-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3695-2 advisory. USN-3695-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3695-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

USN-3698-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the nested KVM implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly prevent second level guests from reading and writing the hardware CR8 register. A local attacker in a guest could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2017-12154 Fan Wu,...

USN-3697-2: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a null pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1130 Jann Horn discovered that the 32 bit adjtimex syscall implementation for 64 bit...

USN-3697-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a null pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1130 Jann Horn discovered that the 32 bit adjtimex syscall implementation for 64 bit...

USN-3695-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the crc32c checksum driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1094 It was discovered that the cdrom driver in the Linux kernel contained an...

USN-3695-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the crc32c checksum driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1094 It was discovered that the cdrom driver in the Linux kernel contained an...

USN-3695-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3695-1 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. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

Linux kernel kernel security protection bypass vulnerability

The Linux kernel is a computer operating system kernel written in C and assembly language, compliant with the POSIX standard, and distributed under the GNU General Public License. A kernel security protection bypass vulnerability exists in the fdlockedioctl function in drivers/block/floppy.c in...