PT-2026-64643

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv4: bound TCP reordering sysctl writes and MTU probe sizes Reject invalid net.ipv4.tcp reordering values before they reach TCP socket state. The sysctl is stored as an int but copied into the u32 tp-reordering field for ne...

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40281

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: prevent possible shift-out-of-bounds in sctptransportupdaterto syzbot reported a possible shift-out-of-bounds 1 Blamed commit added rtoalphamax and rtobetamax set to 1000. It is unclear if some sctp users are setting very...

Linux: Read sysctl config files (KB)

sysctl.conf is a simple file containing sysctl values to be read in and set by sysctl. Files to consider: /etc/sysctl.conf, /etc/sysctl.d/. Note: This script only stores information for other Policy Controls. Copyright C 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from ...

openSUSE Security Update : lynis (openSUSE-2017-705)

This update for lynis fixes the following issues : Lynis 2.5.1 : - Improved detection of SSL certificate files - Minor changes to improve logging and results - Firewall tests: Determine if CSF is in testing mode The Update also includes changes from Lynis 2.5.0 : - CVE-2017-8108: symlink attack m...