openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-245)

The openSUSE 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.42 stable release. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the sysrecvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0517-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to fix the following two issues : - CVE-2017-5970: Remote attackers could have potentially caused a denial of service by sending bad IP options on a socket bsc1024938 - Fix a regression in MD RAID1 which could have caused wrong data to be read...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to 3.12.61 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following feature was implemented : - The ext2 filesystem got reenabled and supported to allow support for 'XIP' Execute In Place FATE320805. The following security bugs were fixed : -...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.69 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the sgcommonwrite function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privilege...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:0270)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:0270 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the...

SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.69 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the sgcommonwrite function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: kernel-4.9.9-200.fc25

The kernel meta package...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0437-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to 3.0.101-94 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-5551: tmpfs: clear SISGID when setting posix ACLs bsc1021258. - CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux kernel did not properl...

Fedora 24 : kernel (2017-6cc158c193)

The 4.9.6 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. This is the last planned LTSS kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux kernel did...

[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: kernel-4.9.6-100.fc24

The kernel meta package...

SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. This is the last planned LTSS kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux kernel did...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2017:0196)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:0196 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the...

Fedora 25 : kernel (2017-e6012e74b6)

The 4.9.5 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible...

SUSE-SU-2017:0249-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 13 for SLE 12

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.55-5245 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-9806: Race condition in the netlinkdump function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service double free or possibly have...

Kernel update: Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 9.0 for kernel 3.10.0-327.36.1.vz7.18.7 (Virtuozzo 7.0.1)

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch updated with a stability bug fix. The patch applies to Virtuozzo 7.0.1 only. Vulnerability id: PSBM-54244 Stopping a container with disabled netfilter could result in node crash...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0181-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.38 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removin...

Important kernel security update: vulnerability fix for CVE-2015-8539, new kernel 2.6.32-042stab120.18; Virtuozzo 6.0 Update 12 Hotfix 1 (6.0.12-3656)

This update provides a new Virtuozzo 6.0 kernel 2.6.32-042stab120.18 based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 kernel 2.6.32-642.6.1.el6. The new kernel provides security and stability fixes. Vulnerability id: CVE-2015-8539 Fixed handling of stored error in a negatively instantiated user key. Key...

SUSE-SU-2017:0181-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.38 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2017:0065)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...