CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2015:1978 centos7

Check the version of kernel SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG 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-only ifdescription scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882322";...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20151103)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS subsystem handled file system locks. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a deadlock in the kernel, causing a denial of service on the system. CVE-2014-8559, Moderate A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2015:1978)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detaile...

RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2015:1977)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:1977 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS...

kernel: fs: deadlock due to incorrect usage of rename_lock

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS subsystem handled file system locks. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a deadlock in the kernel, causing a denial of service on the system...

Linux Kernel 2.2/2.4 - Deep Symbolic Link Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3444/info A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in several versions of the Linux kernel. The problem occurs when a user with local access creates a long chain of symbolically linked files. When the kernel dereferences the symbolic links, the process...