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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impac...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4025)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4025 advisory. - dccp: CVE-2017-8824: use-after-free in DCCP code Mohamed Ghannam Orabug: 27290300 CVE-2017-8824 - ALSA: pcm: prevent UAF in sndpcminfo Robb Glass...

Linux Kernel 4.10.5 / < 4.14.3 (Ubuntu) - DCCP Socket Use-After-Free

/ This is an announcement for CVE-2017-8824 which is a use-after-free vulnerability I found in Linux DCCP socket. It can be used to gain kernel code execution from unprivileged processes. You’ll find in attachment the proof of concept code and the kernel panic log. BUG DETAILS When a socket sock...

Linux Kernel XFRM Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Use-after-free vulnerability found in Linux kernel that can lead to privilege escalation. The vulnerability found in Netlink socket subsystem – XFRM. Netlink is used to transfer information between the kernel and user-space processes. It...

Linux Kernel (Ubuntu 17.04) - 'XFRM' Local Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Use-after-free vulnerability found in Linux kernel that can lead to privilege escalation. The vulnerability found in Netlink socket subsystem – XFRM. Netlink is used to transfer information between the kernel and user-space processes. It...