Critical: kernel

Issue Overview: 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 jmp'ed over, this affects Linux Kernel versions 4.11.5 and earlier the stackguard page was introduced in 2010. CVE-2017-1000364 The...

Oracle Linux 5 : Important: / kernel (ELSA-2007-0705)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0705 advisory. 2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5 - Fix bonding primary=ethX Bert Barbe IT 101532 ORA 5136660 - Add entropy module option to e1000/bnx2 John Sobecki ORA 6045759...

kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size

The setupargpages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIGSTACKGROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the 1 arguments and 2 environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of...

DSA-1861-1 libxml - several issues

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LTC36188-Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions

mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via unspecified vectors...

LTC36188-Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions

mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via unspecified vectors...

Important: kernel security update

2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5 - Fix bonding primary=ethX Bert Barbe IT 101532 ORA 5136660 - Add entropy module option to e1000/bnx2 John Sobecki ORA 6045759 2.6.18-8.1.10.el5 - mm Prevent the stack growth into hugetlb reserved regions Konrad Rzeszutek 253313 CVE-2007-3739 2.6.18-8.1.9.el5 - misc cpuset...

LTC36188-Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions

mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via unspecified vectors...