Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2014-8173: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernels madvise MADVWILLNEED functionality handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user could have...

CVE-2014-9585

The vdsoaddr function in arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 does not properly choose memory locations for the vDSO area, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by guessing a location at the end of a PMD...