LSN-0097-1: Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.CVE-2023-3090...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4916-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4916-1 advisory. It was discovered that the overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the application of file system capabilities...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities (USN-3070-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3070-2 advisory. A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities (USN-3070-3)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3070-3 advisory. A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL...

USN-3070-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL. CVE-2016-1237 Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacke...

CVE-2016-1576

The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly restrict the mount namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting an overlayfs filesystem on top of a FUSE filesystem, and then executing a crafted setuid program...

CVE-2016-1575

The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a group-writable setgid directory...