Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.102 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000405: A bug in the THP CoW support could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory of other processes and cause them to crash bnc1069496. -...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3338-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606463 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsocko...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-3509-3)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3509-3 advisory. USN-3509-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Unfortunately, it also introduced a regression that prevented the Ceph network filesyst...

USN-3509-3: Linux kernel regression

USN-3509-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Unfortunately, it also introduced a regression that prevented the Ceph network filesystem from being used. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Mohamed Ghannam...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3301-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-5286 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3312-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606445 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3305-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-5292 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3322-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606460 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF...

CVE-2017-17449

The netlinkdelivertapskb function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.14.4, does not restrict observations of Netlink messages to a single net namespace, when CONFIGNLMON is enabled. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN...

Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2017-111)

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 : - dccpdisconnect set the socket state to DCCPCLOSED but did not properly free some of the resources associated with th...

Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2017-110)

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 : - dccpdisconnect set the socket state to DCCPCLOSED but did not properly free some of the resources associated with th...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3507-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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-3507-2: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3507-2 linux-gcp vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3511-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3511-1 linux-azure vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3510-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3510-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink...

USN-3510-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3510-1 linux vulnerabilities

Mohamed Ghannam discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Netlink subsystem XFRM in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-16939 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3507-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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...