openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-929)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000111: Fixed a race condition in net-packet code that could be exploited to cause out-of-bounds memory access bsc1052365. - CVE-2017-1000112: Fixed a race...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000111: Fixed a race condition in net-packet code that could be exploited to cause out-of-bounds memory access bsc1052365. - CVE-2017-1000112: Fixed a race...

Debian DSA-3927-1 : linux - security update (Stack Clash)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-7346 Li Qiang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware virtual GPUs does not properly check user-controlled values in the...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7533

Race condition in the fsnotify implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.12.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted application that leverages simultaneous execution of the inotifyhandleevent and vfsrename functions...

Ubuntu 17.04 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3377-1) (Stack Clash)

Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition between inotify events and vfs rename operations in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-7533 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did n...

USN-3378-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-gke, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition between inotify events and vfs rename operations in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-7533 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did n...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7533

Race condition in the fsnotify implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.12.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted application that leverages simultaneous execution of the inotifyhandleevent and vfsrename functions...

PT-2017-2626 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 4.12.4 Description: The issue is related to a race condition in the fsnotify implementation. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service, such as memory corruption, by leveraging the...

Microsoft MsMpEng - mpengine x86 Emulator Heap Corruption in VFS API Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category dos / poc Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1282&desc=2 In issue 1260 I discussed Microsoft's "apicall" instruction that can invoke a large number of internal emulator apis and is exposed to remote attackers by default in al...

Microsoft MsMpEng - mpengine x86 Emulator Heap Corruption in VFS API

Microsoft MsMpEng - mpengine x86 Emulator Heap Corruption in VFS API Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1282&desc=2 In issue 1260 I discussed Microsoft's "apicall" instruction that can invoke a large number of internal emulator apis and is exposed to remote attacker...

Microsoft MsMpEng - mpengine x86 Emulator Heap Corruption in VFS API

Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1282&desc=2 In issue 1260 I discussed Microsoft's "apicall" instruction that can invoke a large number of internal emulator apis and is exposed to remote attackers by default in all recent versions of Windows. I asked Microsoft if...

openSUSE Security Update : samba (openSUSE-2017-439)

"This update for samba fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-2619: Symlink race permits opening files outside share directory bsc1027147. Bugfixes : - Don't package man pages for VFS modules that aren't built bsc993707. - syncreq: make asyncconnectsend 'reentrant';...

openSUSE Security Update : samba (openSUSE-2017-437)

"This update for samba fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-2619: Symlink race permits opening files outside share directory bsc1027147. Bugfixes : - Force usage of ncurses6-config thru NCURSESCONFIG env var bsc1023847. - Add missing ldb module directory bsc1012092. -...

Security update for samba (important)

This update for samba fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-2619: Symlink race permits opening files outside share directory bsc1027147. Bugfixes: - Don't package man pages for VFS modules that aren't built bsc993707. - syncreq: make asyncconnectsend "reentrant"; bso12105;...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : samba (SUSE-SU-2017:0858-1)

"This update for samba fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-2619: Symlink race permits opening files outside share directory bsc1027147. Bugfixes : - Force usage of ncurses6-config thru NCURSESCONFIG env var bsc1023847. - Add missing ldb module directory bsc1012092. -...

SUSE-SU-2017:0858-1 Security update for samba

This update for samba fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-2619: Symlink race permits opening files outside share directory bsc1027147. Bugfixes: - Force usage of ncurses6-config thru NCURSESCONFIG env var bsc1023847. - Add missing ldb module directory bsc1012092. - Don't...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1426)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.36 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended...

kernel: vfs: missing detection of hardlinks in vfs_rename() on overlayfs

A flaw was found that the vfsrename function did not detect hard links on overlayfs. A local, unprivileged user could use the rename syscall on overlayfs on top of xfs to crash the system...

Information disclosure

The XFS subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service fdatasync failure and system hang by using the vfs syscall group in the trinity program, related to a "page lock order bug in the XFS seek hole/data implementation."...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : kernel-uek (ELSA-2016-3587)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3587 advisory. - vfs: rename: check backing inode being equal Miklos Szeredi Orabug: 24010060 CVE-2016-6198 CVE-2016-6197 - vfs: add vfsselectinode helper Miklos...