openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1426)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.36 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended...

Updated kernel-tmb-4.4.32 packages fix security vulnerability

This update is based on upstream 4.4.32 and fixes alteast the following security issues: The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection gcc stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data,...

MGASA-2016-0411 Updated kernel-linus-4.4.32 packages fix security vulnerability

This update is based on upstream 4.4.32 and fixes alteast the following security issues: Vladimir Bene discovered an unbounded recursion in the VLAN and TEB Generic Receive Offload GRO processing implementations in the Linux kernel, A remote attacker could use this to cause a stack corruption,...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE 13.1 kernel was updated to 3.12.67 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2013-5634: arch/arm/kvm/arm.c in the Linux kernel on the ARM platform, when KVM is used, allowed host OS users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. For the PowerPC64 a new 'bigmem' flavor has been added to support big Power machines. FATE319026 The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-7042: The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc....

CVE-2016-9178

The getuserasmex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not initialize a certain integer variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by triggering failure of a getuserex call...

CVE-2016-9178

The getuserasmex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not initialize a certain integer variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by triggering failure of a getuserex call...

CVE-2016-8650

CVE-2016-8650 affects the Linux kernel: the mpi_powm function in lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c can fail to allocate memory for limb data, permitting a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (stack memory corruption/panic) via an add_key RSA operation with a zero exponent. Public advisories (F5) confir...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.67 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2016-7042: The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel used an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allowe...

CVE-2016-8650: Improper Input Validation

The mpipowm function in lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not ensure that memory is allocated for limb data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service stack memory corruption and panic via an addkey system call for an RSA key with a zero exponent...

CVE-2016-9178: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The getuserasmex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not initialize a certain integer variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by triggering failure of a getuserex call...

CVE-2016-9178

The getuserasmex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not initialize a certain integer variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by triggering failure of a getuserex call...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9178

The getuserasmex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not initialize a certain integer variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by triggering failure of a getuserex call...

Updated kernel-4.4.32 packages fixes security vulnerabilities

This update is based on upstream 4.4.32 and fixes at least the following security issues: The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection gcc stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data,...

CVE-2016-9178

The getuserasmex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not initialize a certain integer variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by triggering failure of a getuserex call...

CVE-2016-7042

The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection gcc stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service stack memory corruption and panic by...

CVE-2016-7042

The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection gcc stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service stack memory corruption and panic by...

Memory corruption

The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection gcc stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service stack memory corruption and panic by...

CVE-2016-7042

The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection gcc stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service stack memory corruption and panic by...

CVE-2016-7042

The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection gcc stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service stack memory corruption and panic by...