CVE-2017-12190

The biomapuseriov and biounmapuser functions in block/bio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 do unbalanced refcounting when a SCSI I/O vector has small consecutive buffers belonging to the same page. The bioaddpcpage function merges them into one, but the page reference is never dropped. This...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2017-925)

Incorrect updates of uninstantiated keys crash the kernel A vulnerability was found in the key management subsystem of the Linux kernel. An update on an uninstantiated key could cause a kernel panic, leading to denial of service DoS. CVE-2017-15299 Memory leak when merging buffers in SCSI IO...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0169)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - thp: run vmaadjusttranshuge outside immaprwsem Kirill A. Shutemov Orabug: 27026180 - selinux: fix off-by-one in setprocattr Stephen Smalley Orabug: 27001717 CVE-2017-2618 CVE-2017-2618 CVE-2017-2618 -...

Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2017-097)

According to the version of the vzkernel package and the readykernel-patch installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A flaw was found in the Linux networking subsystem where a local attacker with CAPNETADMIN capabilities could cause ...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : Linux kernel vulnerability (K81211720)

The tcpspliceread function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop and soft lockup via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag. CVE-2017-6214 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

CVE-2017-8797

The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used a...

CVE-2017-8797

CVE-2017-8797 affects the Linux kernel NFSv4 server. A remote attacker can send NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operands in UDP; an uninitialized layout type is used as an array index, causing an OOPS and potentially a system DoS via knfsd soft-lockup. Affected: Linux kernel versions prior ...

CVE-2017-8797

The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used a...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-734) (Stack Clash)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.73 to receive security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be 'jumped'...

Linux Kernel NFSv4 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the U.S. NFSv4 server is one of the distributed file system servers. A security vulnerability exists in the NFSv4 server in versions of Linux kernel prior to 4.11.3, which stems from the program...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.73 to receive security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be "jumped"...

EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2017-1057)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP implementation freed SKB socket buffer...

EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2017-1056)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP implementation freed SKB socket buffer...

Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2017-010)

According to the version of the vzkernel package and the readykernel-patch installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The tcpspliceread function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a...

PT-2017-4330 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.11.3 Description: The issue is related to the NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel, which does not properly validate the layout type when processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packe...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8952

The mbcache feature in the ext2 and ext4 filesystem implementations in the Linux kernel before 4.6 mishandles xattr block caching, which allows local users to cause a denial of service soft lockup via filesystem operations in environments that use many attributes, as demonstrated by Ceph and Samb...

Design/Logic Flaw

The mbcache feature in the ext2 and ext4 filesystem implementations in the Linux kernel before 4.6 mishandles xattr block caching, which allows local users to cause a denial of service soft lockup via filesystem operations in environments that use many attributes, as demonstrated by Ceph and Samb...

CVE-2015-8952

CVE-2015-8952 : The mbcache feature in the Linux kernel’s ext2/ext4 implementations mishandles xattr block caching, enabling a local attacker to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) in environments with many attributes (as demonstrated by Ceph and Samba). The vulnerability is present in kernel...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3084-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-3084-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3084-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the audit subsystem in the Linux kernel. A...