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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3207-1)
The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3207-1 advisory. It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the block device layer of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a...
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux, linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities (USN-3206-1)
It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the block device layer of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-7910 Dmitry Vyukov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability ...
CVE-2016-7911
A use-after-free vulnerability in sysioprioget was found due to gettaskioprio accessing the task-iocontext without holding the task lock and could potentially race with exitiocontext, leading to a use-after-free...
Critical kernel security update: vulnerability fixes CVE-2016-7910, CVE-2016-7911 (and other), new kernel 2.6.32-042stab120.11
This update provides a new Virtuozzo 6.0 kernel 2.6.32-042stab120.11 based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 kernel 2.6.32-642.6.1.el6. The new kernel provides security and stability fixes. Vulnerability id: CVE-2016-1583 Stack overflow via ecryptfs and /proc/$pid/environ. It was found that...