USN-2260-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty pty device. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially gain administrator privileges. CVE-2014-0196 Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

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. CVE-2014-173...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

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. CVE-2014-173...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Long Life. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

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. CVE-2014-173...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detaile...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

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. CVE-2014-173...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0840-1)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix security issues and bugs. Security issues fixed: CVE-2014-3153: The futexrequeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allowed local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEXREQUEUE...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

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. CVE-2014-173...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score...

kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

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. CVE-2014-173...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3042)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3042 advisory. - SELinux: Fix kernel BUG on empty security contexts. Stephen Smalley Orabug: 19028380 CVE-2014-1874 - floppy: don't write kernel-only members to...

Oracle Linux 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3041)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3041 advisory. - floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD ioctl output Matthew Daley Orabug: 19028443 CVE-2014-1738 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2014:0771)

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

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2014:0771-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2014:0771 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scorin...

unbreakable enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-35.1.2.el6uek - floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD ioctl output Matthew Daley Orabug: 19028443 CVE-2014-1738 - floppy: ignore kernel-only members in FDRAWCMD ioctl input Matthew Daley Orabug: 19028436 CVE-2014-1737...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0771)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0771 advisory. - kernel futex: Make lookuppistate more robust Jerome Marchand 1104516 1104517 CVE-2014-3153 - kernel futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlockpi Jerom...

unbreakable enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.215.3 - SELinux: Fix kernel BUG on empty security contexts. Stephen Smalley Orabug: 19028380 CVE-2014-1874 - floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD ioctl output Matthew Daley Orabug: 19028444 CVE-2014-1738 - floppy: ignore kernel-only members in FDRAWCMD ioctl input Matthe...

unbreakable enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 2.6.32-400.36.3uek - fix autofs/afs/etc. magic mountpoint breakage Al Viro Orabug: 19028505 CVE-2014-0203 - SELinux: Fix kernel BUG on empty security contexts. Stephen Smalley Orabug: 19028381 CVE-2014-1874 - floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD ioctl output Matthew Dale...