kernel: Signed overflow for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCE

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of setsockopt for the SOSND|RCVBUFFORCE setsockopt system call. Users with non-namespace CAPNETADMIN are able to trigger this call and create a situation in which the sockets sendbuff data size could be negative. This could adversely affect...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0004)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - KEYS: Fix short sprintf buffer in /proc/keys show function David Howells Orabug: 25306361 CVE-2016-7042 - nvme: Limit command retries Keith Busch Orabug: 25374751 - fs/proc/taskmmu.c: fix mmaccess mod...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update is based on upstream 4.4.39 and fixes at least the following security issues: Due to lack of size checking on ICMP header length, it is possible to cause out-of-bounds read on stack CVE-2016-8399 The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows...