kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

The Linux Kernel was updated to fix various security issues and bugs. Main security issues fixed: A security issue in the tty layer that was fixed that could be used by local attackers for code execution CVE-2014-0196. Two security issues in the floppy driver were fixed that could be used by loca...

Debian DSA-2928-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2014-0196 Jiri Slaby discovered a race condition in the pty...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2928-1 (linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2014-0196 Jiri Slaby discovered a race condition in the pty laye...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1738

The rawcmdcopyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1737

The rawcmdcopyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device...

CVE-2014-1737

The rawcmdcopyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1737

The rawcmdcopyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1738

The rawcmdcopyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to...

PT-2014-1007 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 3.14.3 Description: The issue is related to the raw cmd copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c, which does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call. This allows local...