CVE-2013-2850

CVE-2013-2850: Heap-based buffer overflow in the Linux kernel’s iSCSI target subsystem (iscsi_add_notunderstood_response in drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c) affects kernel versions up to 3.9.4. The flaw can allow remote attackers to trigger memory corruption and OOPS, with potentia...

kernel: kvm: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel OOPS by using the KVMSETSREGS ioctl to set the X86CR4OSXSAVE bit in the guest cr4 register, then calling the KVMRUN ioctl...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detail...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detail...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1809-1)

Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's UDF file system implementation. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine some of the kernel's heap memory. CVE-2012-6548 Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's ISO 9660 CDROM file system driver...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130423)

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel handled the allocation of the buffer used for relocation copies. A local user with console access could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their...

kernel: kvm: buffer overflow in handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME

The kvmsetmsrcommon function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not ensure a required timepage alignment during an MSRKVMSYSTEMTIME operation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service buffer overflow and host OS memory corruption or possibly have...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detail...

Heap overflow

Heap-based buffer overflow in the wdmincallback function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted cdc-wdm USB device...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, whi...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-358.2.1 - kernel utrace: ensure archptrace/ptracerequest can never race with SIGKILL Oleg Nesterov 912073 912074 CVE-2013-0871 2.6.32-358.1.1 - netdrv mlx4: Set number of msix vectors under SRIOV mode to firmware defaults Michal Schmidt 911663 904726 - netdrv mlx4: Fix bridged vSwitch...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

kernel: incomplete fix for CVE-2011-4131

The nfs4getacluncached function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFSv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 uses an incorrect length variable during a copy operation, which allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service OOPS by sending an excessive number of bitmap words in an...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities (USN-1719-1)

It was discovered that hypervkvpd, which is distributed in the Linux kernel, was not correctly validating the origin on Netlink messages. An untrusted local user can cause a denial of service of Linux guests in Hyper-V virtualization environments. CVE-2012-2669 Dmitry Monakhov reported a race...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-279.22.1 - virt kvm: invalid opcode oops on SETSREGS with OSXSAVE bit set Petr Matousek 862903 862904 CVE-2012-4461 - fs fuse: optimize fusedirectio Brian Foster 865305 858850 - fs fuse: optimize fusegetuserpages Brian Foster 865305 858850 - fs fuse: use getuserpagesfast Brian Foster 86530...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-300.17.2 - hugepages: fix use after free bug in 'quota' handling Orabug: 15845276 CVE-2012-2133 - udf: Fortify loading of sparing table Orabug: 15845302 CVE-2012-3400 - udf: Avoid run away loop when partition table length is corrupt Orabug: 15845302 CVE-2012-3400 - mm: Hold a file referenc...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severi...