SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:1151-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel was respun with the 3.0.80 update to fix a severe compatibility problem with kernel module packages KMPs like e.g. drbd. An incompatible ABI change could lead to those modules not correctly working or crashing on loading and is fixed by this...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : Security Update for Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:0658-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.39 to receive various security and bugfixes. Following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-0777: The XEN usb backend could leak information to the guest system due to copying uninitialized memory. - CVE-2015-2150: Xen and the Linux...

SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2014:0140-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel was updated to 3.0.101 and also includes various other bug and security fixes. A new feature was added : - supported.conf: marked net/netfilter/xtset as supported bnc851066fate313309 The following security bugs have been fixed : CVE-2013-4587:...

SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2014:0229-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel was updated to fix a regression introduced by the last update. Regression fix : - scsidhalua: Incorrect reference counting in the SCSI ALUA initialization code lead to system crashes on boot bnc858831. As the update introducing the regression was...

SUSE SLED10 / SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:0856-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel has been updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Security issues fixed : CVE-2012-4444: The ip6fragqueue function in net/ipv6/reassembly.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to bypass intended network restrictions via overlapping IPv6...

SUSE SLED10 / SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:0674-1)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. The following security issues have been fixed : CVE-2013-0871: A race condition in ptrace2 could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel and/or execute code in kernel context...

SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:1832-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS kernel received a roll up update to fix lots of moderate security issues and several bugs. The Following security issues have been fixed : CVE-2012-4530: The loadscript function in fs/binfmtscript.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle recursion...

SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:0812-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs have been fixed : CVE-2015-2041: A information leak in the llc2timeouttable was fixed bnc919007. CVE-2014-9322: arch/x86/kernel/entry64.S in the Linux kernel did not...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.41 and fixes the following security issues: net/netfilter/nfconntrackprotogeneric.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite...

MGASA-2015-0221 Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.41 and fixes the following security issues: net/netfilter/nfconntrackprotogeneric.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0987)

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating,...

MGASA-2015-0210 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.41 and fixes the following security issues: net/netfilter/nfconntrackprotogeneric.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.41 and fixes the following security issues: net/netfilter/nfconntrackprotogeneric.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: kernel-4.0.1-300.fc22

The kernel meta package...

MGASA-2015-0171 Updated kernel package fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.39 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to ...

Updated kernel package fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.39 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to ...

MGASA-2015-0172 Updated kernel-linus package fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.39 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with acce...

Vulnerabilities in the OpenSUSE operating system that allow malicious actors to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the kernel-update-tool package of the OpenSUSE operating system can lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

Vulnerabilities in the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system that allow attackers to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the kernel-update-tool package of the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating system can lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities can be carried out remotely...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2014-8173: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernels madvise MADVWILLNEED functionality handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user could have...