CVE-2015-5327

CVE-2015-5327 affects the Linux kernel (4.3-rc1 and later); the flaw is an out-of-bounds memory read in x509_decode_time within x509_cert_parser.c. Impact is partially confidentiality (per CVSS2) and high confidentiality (per CVSS3); the issue is fixed by kernel patches (as noted in referenced ad...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9725

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, during DMA allocation, due to wrong data type of size, allocation size gets truncated which makes allocation succeed when it should fail...

Linux Kernel UDP Fragmentation Offset (UFO) Privilege Escalation

This module attempts to gain root privileges on Linux systems by abusing UDP Fragmentation Offload UFO. This exploit targets only systems using Ubuntu Trusty / Xenial kernels 4.4.0-21 use exploit/linux/local/ufo/privilegeescalation msf undefinedprivilegeescalation show actions ...actions... msf...

Kernel security update: CVE-2017-7542 and other; Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 27.0 for Virtuozzo 7.0.5

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch was updated with security and stability fixes. The patch applies to Virtuozzo kernels 3.10.0-514.26.1.vz7.33.22 Virtuozzo 7.0.5. Vulnerability id: CVE-2017-7542 Integer overflow vulnerability in ip6find1stfragopt function was found. Local attacker that h...

CVE-2017-7541

Kernel memory corruption due to a buffer overflow was found in brcmfcfg80211mgmttx function in Linux kernels from v3.9-rc1 to v4.13-rc1. The vulnerability can be triggered by sending a crafted NL80211CMDFRAME packet via netlink. This flaw is unlikely to be triggered remotely as certain userspace...

CVE-2017-9986

The intr function in sound/oss/msndpinnacle.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service over-boundary access or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a "doub...

CVE-2017-0633

An information disclosure vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious component to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10,...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : dracut (SUSE-SU-2017:0951-1)

This update for dracut fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - CVE-2016-8637: When the early microcode loading was enabled during initrd creation, the initrd would be read-only available for all users, allowing local users to retrieve secrets stored in the initial ramdisk. bsc100834...

Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernels through 4.6.3

Of multiple vulnerabilities released affecting Linux kernels through 4.6.3, FortiOS was found vulnerable to the following two:...

Kernel security update: Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch 17.0 for kernels 3.10.0-327.18.2.vz7.15.2 (Virtuozzo 7.0.0), 3.10.0-327.36.1.vz7.18.7 (Virtuozzo 7.0.1), and 3.10.0-327.36.1.vz7.20.18 (Virtuozzo 7.0.3)

The cumulative Virtuozzo ReadyKernel patch updated with a security fix. The patch applies to Virtuozzo versions 7.0.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.3. Vulnerability id: CVE-2017-7308 The packetsetring function in net/packet/afpacket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not properly validate certain...

AF_PACKET packet_set_ring Privilege Escalation

This module exploits a heap-out-of-bounds write in the packetsetring function in net/packet/afpacket.c AFPACKET in the Linux kernel to execute code as root CVE-2017-7308. The bug was initially introduced in 2011 and patched in version 4.10.6, potentially affecting a large number of kernels; howev...

CVE-2017-5206

Firejail before 0.9.44.4, when running on a Linux kernel before 4.8, allows context-dependent attackers to bypass a seccomp-based sandbox protection mechanism via the --allow-debuggers argument...

CVE-2017-0521

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm camera driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions:...

CVE-2017-0516

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm input hardware driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions:...

Linux kernel elevation of privilege vulnerability

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the dccprcvstateprocess function in the net/dccp/input.c file in Linux kernel version 4.9.11 and earlier, due to the program failing to...

CVE-2017-0443

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions:...

CVE-2017-0437

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions:...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: dracut-044-78.fc25

dracut contains tools to create a bootable initramfs for 2.6 Linux kernels. Unlike existing implementations, dracut does hard-code as little as possible into the initramfs. dracut contains various modules which are driven by the event-based udev. Having root on MD, DM, LVM2, LUKS is supported as...

CVE-2016-7917

The nfnetlinkrcvbatch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service infinite loop or out-of-bounds...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5195

Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write COW feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."...