SUSE-SU-2017:1905-1 Security update for Linux Kernel Live Patch 16 for SLE 12

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.60-5257 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be 'jumped' over the stack gua...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.297.4 - mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Hugh Dickins Orabug: 26326145 CVE-2017-1000364...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1723)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1723 advisory. - mm enlarge stack guard gap Larry Woodman 1452729 1452730 CVE-2017-1000364 CVE-2017-1000366 - fs nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops J. Bruce...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1715)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20170711)

Security Fixes : - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lacked certain checks for the end of a buffer. A remote attacker could trigger a pointer-arithmetic error or possibly cause other unspecified impacts using crafted requests related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-696.6.3.OL6 - Update genkey bug 25599697 2.6.32-696.6.3 - mm allow JVM to implement its own stack guard pages Larry Woodman 1466667 1464237 - mm enlarge stack guard gap Larry Woodman 1466667 1464237 - Revert: mm enlarge stack guard gap Larry Woodman 1466667 1464237 2.6.32-696.6.2 - mm...

Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1615)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1615 advisory. - mm enlarge stack guard gap Larry Woodman 1452732 1452733 CVE-2017-1000364 - fs nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops 'J. Bruce Fields'...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-716) (Stack Clash)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.72 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be...

USN-3338-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-3338-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. However, the fix for CVE-2017-1000364 introduced regressions for some Java applications. This update addresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes ...

kernel: heap/stack gap jumping via unbounded stack allocations

A flaw was found in the way memory was being allocated on the stack for user space binaries. If heap or different memory region and stack memory regions were adjacent to each other, an attacker could use this flaw to jump over the stack guard gap, cause controlled memory corruption on process sta...

kernel: heap/stack gap jumping via unbounded stack allocations

A flaw was found in the way memory was being allocated on the stack for user space binaries. If heap or different memory region and stack memory regions were adjacent to each other, an attacker could use this flaw to jump over the stack guard gap, cause controlled memory corruption on process sta...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 4.1.12-94.3.7 - mm: fix new crash in unmappedareatopdown Hugh Dickins Orabug: 26326143 CVE-2017-1000364 - mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas Hugh Dickins Orabug: 26326143 CVE-2017-1000364...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3886-2] linux regression update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3886-2 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso June 27, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.73 to receive security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000364: An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be "jumped"...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2017:1685-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

A vulnerability exists in the implementation of the Stack Guard-Page mechanism in the Linux operating system’s kernel, which allows a malicious actor to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability in the implementation of the Stack Guard-Page mechanism in the Linux operating system relates to the ability to move the stack pointer to another memory region without affecting the guard page. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to trigger a service failu...

[ASA-201706-30] linux-zen: privilege escalation

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201706-30 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2017-06-23 CVE-ID : CVE-2017-1000364 Package : linux-zen Type : privilege escalation Remote : No Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-324 Summary ======= The package linux-zen before...

[ASA-201706-31] linux: privilege escalation

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201706-31 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2017-06-23 CVE-ID : CVE-2017-1000364 Package : linux Type : privilege escalation Remote : No Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-313 Summary ======= The package linux before version...

USN-3335-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges...