openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2019-943)

This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues : virtualbox was updated to version 5.2.22 released November 09 2018 by Oracle. Security issues fixed : - Fixed a guest-to-host excape via the e1000 virtual network driver bsc1115041. Non-security issues fixed : - Audio: Fixed a regression in...

Kernel-Mode Rootkit Hunter: Tyton

Loadable kernel modules, LKMs for short, are an integral companion to the Linux kernel. Typically, LKMs are used to add support for new hardware as device drivers or file systems or add additional system calls. Without LKMs, an operating system would have to include all possible anticipated...

Veeam Agent for Linux - veeamsnap and blksnap Extended Linux Distribution Support

This article provides supplementary information regarding the compatibility of the veeamsnap and blksnap kernel modules with various Linux distributions and kernel versions. It specifically addresses distributions and versions that are not explicitly listed in the System Requirements for Veeam...

openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2018-1443)

This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues : virtualbox was updated to version 5.2.22 released November 09 2018 by Oracle. Security issues fixed : - Fixed a guest-to-host excape via the e1000 virtual network driver bsc1115041. Non-security issues fixed : - Audio: Fixed a regression in...

Yi Technology Home Camera 27US Firmware 7z CRC Collision Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the firmware update functionality of the Yi Home Camera 27US 1.8.7.0D. A specially crafted 7-Zip file can cause a CRC collision, resulting in a firmware update and code execution. An attacker can insert an SDcard to trigger this...

CVE-2018-18653

The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.10 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows privileged local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by loading arbitrary kernel modules. This occurs because a modified kernel/module.c, in conjunction with...

CVE-2018-18653

The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.10 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows privileged local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by loading arbitrary kernel modules. This occurs because a modified kernel/module.c, in conjunction with...

CVE-2018-18653

The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.10 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows privileged local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by loading arbitrary kernel modules. This occurs because a modified kernel/module.c, in conjunction with...

CVE-2018-18653

CVE-2018-18653 affects Ubuntu 18.10 running the Linux kernel with UEFI Secure Boot enabled. A modified kernel/module.c combined with certain configuration options mishandles the result of signature verification, allowing a privileged local user to load arbitrary kernel modules and bypass Secure B...

CVE-2018-18653

The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.10 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows privileged local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by loading arbitrary kernel modules. This occurs because a modified kernel/module.c, in conjunction with...

Security update for kbuild, virtualbox (important)

This update for kbuild, virtualbox fixes the following issues: kbuild changes: - Update to version 0.1.9998svn3110 - Do not assume glibc glob internals - Support GLIBC glob interface version 2 - Fix build failure boo1079838 - Fix build with GCC7 boo1039375 - Fix build by disabling vboxvideodrv.so...

SUSE-SU-2018:1784-1 Security update for kernel modules packages

The following kernel modules were rebuild with 'retpoline' enablement to allow full mitigation of the Spectre Variant 2 CVE-2017-5715, bsc1068032 OFED was adjusted to add an entry to control the loading/unloading of cxgb4 to /etc/sysconf/infiniband bsc926856...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel modules (openSUSE-2018-551) (Spectre)

This update provides rebuilt kernel modules for openSUSE Leap 42.3 with retpoline enablement to address Spectre Variant 2 CVE-2017-5715 bsc1068032. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security...

SUSE-SU-2018:1503-1 Security update for oracleasm kmp

This update provides rebuilt kernel modules for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 products with retpoline enablement to address Spectre Variant 2 CVE-2017-5715 bsc1068032. Following modules have been rebuilt: - drbd - oracleasm - crash - lttng-modules...

SUSE-SU-2018:1486-1 Security update for HA kernel modules

This update provides rebuilds of HA kernel modules with retpoline support to mitigate Spectre Variant 2 CVE-2017-5715 bsc1068032 cluster fs also received these bugfixes: - backport patch to fix dlmglue false deadlock bnc962257 - Fix for online increase of filesystem in kernel mode fails bsc936517...

SUSE-SU-2018:1465-1 Security update for HA kernel modules

This update provides rebuilds of HA kernel modules with retpoline support to mitigate Spectre Variant 2 CVE-2017-5715 bsc1068032 Also fixed a problem in ocfs2: - backport patch to fix dlmglue false deadlock bsc962257...

Debian DLA-1349-1 : linux-tools security update

This update doesn't fix a vulnerability in linux-tools, but provides support for building Linux kernel modules with the 'retpoline' mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 Spectre variant 2. This update also includes bug fixes from the upstream Linux 3.2 stable branch up to and including 3.2.101. For Debian...

The vulnerability of the HLOS component of Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment allows a perpetrator to gain access to kernel modules beyond their authorized scope.

The vulnerability of the HLOS microprogramming software component of Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment for Android exists due to insufficient testing of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker, operating remotely, to gain access to kernel modules beyond their authorize...

Virtuozzo 6 : libvzctl / parallels-kernel-modules / etc (VZA-2017-005)

According to the versions of the libvzctl / parallels-kernel-modules / etc packages installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A flaw found in the way prl-vzvncserver parsed terminal escape sequences that could allow a remote attacker...

CVE-2014-9645

The addprobe function in modutils/modprobe.c in BusyBox before 1.23.0 allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on loading kernel modules via a / slash character in a module name, as demonstrated by an "ifconfig /usbserial up" command or a "mount -t /sndpcm none /" command...