Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3932-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3932-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a...

USN-3933-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth implementation of the Linux kernel. An attacker within Bluetooth range could possibly expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2017-1000410 It was discovered that the USB serial device driver in the Linux...

USN-3932-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2017-18249 Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadat...

USN-3931-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

M. Vefa Bicakci and Andy Lutomirski discovered that the kernel did not properly set up all arguments to an error handler callback used when running as a paravirtualized guest. An unprivileged attacker in a paravirtualized guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service guest VM crash...

CVE-2019-7222

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has an Information Leak...

Design/Logic Flaw

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has an Information Leak...

CVE-2019-7222

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has an Information Leak...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-3871-5)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-5 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An...

USN-3878-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free condition. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive information host machine kernel memory. CVE-2018-14625 Cfir...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS, GCP, KVM, OEM, Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities (USN-3871-3)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-3 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3879-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3879-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal fo...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-3871-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3871-2 advisory. USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Unfortunately, that update introduced regressions with docking station displays and...

USN-3871-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Unfortunately, that update introduced regressions with docking station displays and mounting ext4 file systems with the metabg option enabled. This update fixes the problems. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3872-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3872-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free...

USN-3871-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3821-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3821-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly ensure that xattr information remained in inode bodies. An...

USN-3821-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly ensure that xattr information remained in inode bodies. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-10880 It...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4172)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4172 advisory. - KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in writemmio Wanpeng Li Orabug: 27951293 CVE-2017-17741 CVE-2017-17741 - kernel/exit.c: avoid undefined behavio...

SUSE-SU-2018:1816-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 RT kernel was updated to 4.4.138 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-12233: A memory corruption bug in JFS could have been triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different extended attribute names on t...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-656) (Spectre)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 was updated to 4.4.138 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior memory writes...