| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
The kernel packages contain the Linux
kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM)
support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur on
x86 platform, when emulating an undefined instruction. An attacker could
use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS. (CVE-2016-8630,
Important)
* A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw was found in the
way the raw packet sockets implementation in the Linux kernel networking
subsystem handled synchronization while creating the TPACKET_V3 ring
buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet socket (requires the
CAP_NET_RAW capability) could use this flaw to elevate their privileges on
the system. (CVE-2016-8655, Important)
* A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of VFIO. An
attacker issuing an ioctl can create a situation where memory is corrupted
and modify memory outside of the expected area. This may overwrite kernel
memory and subvert kernel execution. (CVE-2016-9083, Important)
* The use of a kzalloc with an integer multiplication allowed an integer
overflow condition to be reached in vfio_pci_intrs.c. This combined with
CVE-2016-9083 may allow an attacker to craft an attack and use unallocated
memory, potentially crashing the machine. (CVE-2016-9084, Moderate)
Red Hat would like to thank Philip Pettersson for reporting CVE-2016-8655.
Additional Changes:
Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes and enhancements included
in this advisory. To see the complete list of bug fixes and enhancements,
refer to the linked KnowledgeBase article.
Affected Software/OS:
kernel on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.
CVSS Score:
7.2
CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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