Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. The Linux kernel suffers from a security vulnerability that stems from the fact that the count of page references in use is not optimal, sometimes leading to kernel panics...

kernel: scsi: smartpqi: Correct device removal for multi-actuator devices

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: smartpqi: Correct device removal for multi-actuator devices Correct device count for multi-actuator drives which can cause kernel panics...

kernel: scsi: smartpqi: Correct device removal for multi-actuator devices

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: smartpqi: Correct device removal for multi-actuator devices Correct device count for multi-actuator drives which can cause kernel panics...

PT-2024-11797

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to the Linux kernel, specifically with the drm/amd/display component. It involves wrapping the dcn301 calculate wm and dlg function for FPU, mirroring the logic for...

USN-3742-3: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) regressions

USN-3742-2 introduced mitigations in the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM to address L1 Terminal Fault L1TF vulnerabilities CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646. Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions that caused kernel panics when booting in some environments as well a...

Scientific Linux Security Update : Openafs Security Update on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20171206)

-- Security Fixes : - Certain values transmitted in RX ACK packets were not sanity checked by OpenAFS receiving peers, which could lead to an assertion being triggered during construction of outgoing packets on the same connection, resulting in server process crashes or client kernel panics...

SUSE-SU-2017:2131-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.74 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000111: fix race condition in net-packet code that could be exploited to cause out-of-bounds memory access bsc1052365. - CVE-2017-1000112: fi...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1372)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

MacOS Insecure Swap File Vulnerability

It turns out that even with SIP enabled a regular root user can write to the swapfile under /private/var/vm/swapfile0 on MacOS. MacOS uses an insecure swap file CVE-2017-2494 This came out of a discussion with Jann Horn this afternoon; credit is his. It turns out that even with SIP enabled a...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2016:0494-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

OpenBSD 5.6 - Multiple Local Kernel Panics (Denial of Service)

OpenBSD 5.6 - Multiple Local Kernel Panics Denial of Service / Exploit Title: OpenBSD include include include include include include ifndef OpenBSD error "Not OpenBSD !!!1111"; else include endif ifndef i386 error "Not i386 !!!1111"; endif char bigb00bz = "...

OpenBSD 5.6 - Multiple Local Kernel Panics Exploit

Proof of concept exploit for OpenBSD versions 5.6 and below that causes a kernel panic in sys/uvm/uvmmap.c. / Exploit Title: OpenBSD include include include include include include ifndef OpenBSD error "Not OpenBSD !!!1111"; else include endif ifndef i386 error "Not i386 !!!1111"; endif char...

OpenBSD 5.6 - Multiple Local Kernel Panics (Denial of Service)

/ Exploit Title: OpenBSD include include include include include include ifndef OpenBSD error "Not OpenBSD !!!1111"; else include endif ifndef i386 error "Not i386 !!!1111"; endif char bigb00bz = " 8M:::::::8888M:::::888:::::::88:::8888888::::::::Mm\n" "...

xen: security and bugfix update (important)

XEN was updated to fix security issues and bugs. Security issues fixed: - bnc897657 - CVE-2014-7188: XSA-108 Improper MSR range used for x2APIC emulation - bnc895802 - CVE-2014-7156: XSA-106: Missing privilege level checks in x86 emulation of software interrupts - bnc895799 - CVE-2014-7155:...

openSUSE Security Update : xen (openSUSE-SU-2013:1404-1)

XEN was updated to 4.2.2, fixing lots of bugs and several security issues. Various upstream patches were also merged into this version by our developers. Detailed buglist : - bnc824676 - Failed to setup devices for vm instance when start multiple vms simultaneously - bnc817799 - sles9sp4 guest...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2009-0326)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-0326 advisory. - net fix icmpsend and icmpv6send host re-lookup code Jiri Pirko 489253 439670 CVE-2009-0778 - net skfpioctl inverted logic flaw Eugene Teo 486539 4865...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

This update addresses the following security issues : - the sendmsg function in the Linux kernel did not block during UNIX socket garbage collection. This could, potentially, lead to a local denial of service. CVE-2008-5300, Important - when fput was called to close a socket, the scmdestroy...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2009:0326)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:0326 Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages...

FreeBSD-SA-08:09.icmp6

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-08:09.icmp6 Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Remote kernel panics on IPv6 connections Category: core Module: sysnetinet6 Announced: 2008-09-03 Credits...