Linux Kernel MSR Driver Privilege Escalation

// PoC exploit for /dev/cpu//msr, 32bit userland on a 64bit host // can do whatever in the commented area, re-enable module support, etc // requires CONFIGX86MSR and just uid 0 // a small race exists between the time when the MSR is written to the first // time and when we issue our sysenter // w...

Linux Kernel 'MSR' Driver Local Privilege Escalation

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits // PoC exploit for /dev/cpu//msr, 32bit userland on a 64bit host // can do whatever in the commented area, re-enable module support, etc // requires CONFIGX86MSR and just uid 0 // a small race exists between the time when the MSR is written to...

Linux Kernel 3.7.6 (RedHat x86x64) - MSR Driver Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 3.7.6 RedHat x86x64 - MSR Driver Privilege Escalation // PoC exploit for /dev/cpu//msr, 32bit userland on a 64bit host // can do whatever in the commented area, re-enable module support, etc // requires CONFIGX86MSR and just uid 0 // a small race exists between the time when the MSR ...

Linux Kernel 3.7.6 (RedHat x86/x64) - 'MSR' Driver Privilege Escalation

// PoC exploit for /dev/cpu//msr, 32bit userland on a 64bit host // can do whatever in the commented area, re-enable module support, etc // requires CONFIGX86MSR and just uid 0 // a small race exists between the time when the MSR is written to the first // time and when we issue our sysenter // w...

Oracle Linux 5 : Important:kernel (ELSA-2007-0940)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0940 advisory. 2.6.18-8.1.15.0.1.el5 - Fix bonding primary=ethX Bert Barbe IT 101532 ORA 5136660 - Add entropy module option to e1000/bnx2 John Sobecki ORA 6045759...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2013-2513)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-2513 advisory. - wakeupprocess should be never used to wakeup a TASKSTOPPED/TRACED task Oleg Nesterov Orabug: 16405869 CVE-2013-0871 - ptrace: ensure...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2013-0630)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0630 advisory. - kernel utrace: ensure archptrace/ptracerequest can never race with SIGKILL Oleg Nesterov 912073 912074 CVE-2013-0871 - x86 msr: Add capabilities chec...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security (ELSA-2013-2512)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-2512 advisory. - x86/msr: Add capabilities check Alan Cox Orabug: 16481233 CVE-2013-0268 ofa-2.6.32-300.39.5.el6uek mlnxen-2.6.32-300.39.5.el6uek Mon Dec 12 2011 Guru...

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...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1797

Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address GPA in 1 movable or 2...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1760-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2013:0630)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues 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. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security update

2.6.39-400.17.2 - x86/msr: Add capabilities check Alan Cox Orabug: 16405007 CVE-2013-0268...

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...

kernel security update

kernel 2.6.18-348.3.1 - utrace ensure archptrace can never race with SIGKILL Oleg Nesterov 912071 912072 CVE-2013-0871 - x86 msr: Add capabilities check Nikola Pajkovsky 908696 908697 CVE-2013-0268...

PT-2013-2201 · Linux +4 · Linux Kernel +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.7.6 Description: The issue allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root. This is demonstrated by the msr32.c application, which exploits the msr open...

California Man Gets 6 Years for Laundering

A Long Beach, California man who helped funnel stolen cash to a global network of hackers and carders was sentenced Thursday to 6 years in prison for conspiracy to launder money. Cesar Carranza, 38, sold MSR-206’s to carders to encode stolen bank card data onto blank cards, and he served as a...

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

Updated kvm packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine is a full virtualization solution for...

netOctopus Agent nantsys.sys MSR Write Local Privilege Escalation

netOctopus Agent, an asset management agent, is installed on the remote host. The installed version of netOctopus Agent includes a driver, named 'nantsys.sys', that exposes a device interface writable by all local users, allowing them to read and write arbitrary CPU Model Specific Registers MSRs....

CVE-2007-5633: Undefined Security Weakness

Speedfan.sys in Alfredo Milani Comparetti SpeedFan 4.33, when used on Microsoft Windows Vista x64, allows local users to read or write arbitrary MSRs, and gain privileges and load unsigned drivers, via the 1 IOCTLRDMSR 0x9C402438 and 2 IOCTLWRMSR 0x9C40243C IOCTLs to \Device\speedfan, as...