Local privilege escalation in Linux Kernel (Dirty Frag)

Overview A privilege escalation vulnerability, nicknamed "Dirty Frag," has been discovered in the Linux kernel versions 4.10 and later. This vulnerability is a result of chaining together two previously discovered vulnerabilities, xfrm-ESP Page-Cache Write CVE-2026-43284 and the RxRPC Page-Cache...

kernel: net: acceptation of overlapping ipv6 fragments

The ip6fragqueue function in net/ipv6/reassembly.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 allows remote attackers to bypass intended network restrictions via overlapping IPv6 fragments...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1664-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1664-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN16641.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1664-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net Th...

Linux kernel IPv6 filterin bypass

It's possible to bypass filtering with overlapping fragments...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1660-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1660-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN16601.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1660-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...