SUSE-SU-2018:2907-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-14634: Prevent integer overflow in createelftables that allowed a local attacker to exploit this vulnerability via a SUID-root binary and obtain full ro...

SUSE-SU-2018:2858-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 azure kernel was updated to 4.4.155 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-13093: Prevent NULL pointer dereference and panic in lookupslow on a NULL inode-iops pointer when doing pathwalks on a corrupted xfs...

USN-3753-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly enforce permissions on kernel memory access. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly elevate privileges. CVE-2017-13168 Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3752-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3752-1 advisory. It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null pointer dereference could be triggered in the Linux kernel in some...

SUSE-SU-2018:2380-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-3620: Local attackers on baremetal systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by...

MGASA-2018-0341 Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.62 and fixes at least the following security issues: kernel KVM before versions kernel 4.16, kernel 4.16-rc7, kernel 4.17-rc1, kernel 4.17-rc2 and kernel 4.17-rc3 is vulnerable to a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled...

MGASA-2018-0340 Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on the upstream 4.14.62 and fixes at least the following security issues: kernel KVM before versions kernel 4.16, kernel 4.16-rc7, kernel 4.17-rc1, kernel 4.17-rc2 and kernel 4.17-rc3 is vulnerable to a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3741-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3741-1 advisory. It was discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the CPU core...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2018-2390)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-2390 advisory. - kernel cpu/hotplug: Enable 'nosmt' as late as possible Frantisek Hrbata 1593376 CVE-2018-3620 - x86 x86/mm: Simplify pg4umdpage macros Josh Poimboeuf...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Summary IBM QRadar Network Security has addressed the following vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1000004 DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition in the sound system. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to caus...

MGASA-2018-0324 Updated kernel packages fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.56 and fixes at least the following security issues: kernel KVM before versions kernel 4.16, kernel 4.16-rc7, kernel 4.17-rc1, kernel 4.17-rc2 and kernel 4.17-rc3 is vulnerable to a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled exceptio...

Virtuozzo 6 : parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc (VZA-2018-048)

According to the versions of the parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc packages installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - x86 AMD An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3696-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3696-1 advisory. It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of servic...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3698-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3698-1 advisory. It was discovered that the nested KVM implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly prevent second level guests from reading and...

Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2018-1965)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-1965 advisory. - x86 always enable eager FPU by default on non-AMD processors Paolo Bonzini 1589051 1589048 CVE-2018-3665 - x86 bugs: Switch the selection of mitigati...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2018-1854)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-1854 advisory. - powerpc 64s: Add support for a store forwarding barrier at kernel entry/exit Mauricio Oliveira 1581053 CVE-2018-3639 - x86 specctrl: Fix late microco...

Security Bulletin: PowerKVM is affected by kernel vulnerabilities (Multiple CVEs)

Summary PowerKVM is affected by multiple kernel vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-2041 DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an information leak in llc2timeouttable. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to le...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager version 9.0.3.0 appliances are affected by multiple kernel vulnerabilities

Summary IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following kernel vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-10229 DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a flaw in udp.c. By sending specially-crafted UD...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities (USN-3678-4)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3678-4 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker...

SUSE-SU-2018:1514-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 17 for SLE 12 SP1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606448 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Inte...