| Summary: | Several vulnerabilities have been; discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation,; denial of service or information leaks.;;CVE-2014-9904;It was discovered that the snd_compress_check_input function used in;the ALSA subsystem does not properly check for an integer overflow,;allowing a local user to cause a denial of service.;;CVE-2016-5728;Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the MIC VOP driver that;could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information from kernel;memory or cause a denial of service.;;CVE-2016-5828;Cyril Bur and Michael Ellerman discovered a flaw in the handling of;Transactional Memory on powerpc systems allowing a local user to;cause a denial of service (kernel crash) or possibly have;unspecified other impact, by starting a transaction, suspending it,;and then calling any of the exec() class system calls.;;CVE-2016-5829;A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the hiddev;driver, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service or,;potentially escalate their privileges.;;CVE-2016-6130;Pengfei Wang discovered a flaw in the S/390 character device drivers;potentially leading to information leak with /dev/sclp.;;Additionally this update fixes a regression in the ebtables facility;(#828914) that was introduced in DSA-3607-1. |
| Description: | Summary:
Several vulnerabilities have been
discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation,
denial of service or information leaks.
CVE-2014-9904
It was discovered that the snd_compress_check_input function used in
the ALSA subsystem does not properly check for an integer overflow,
allowing a local user to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2016-5728
Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the MIC VOP driver that
could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information from kernel
memory or cause a denial of service.
CVE-2016-5828
Cyril Bur and Michael Ellerman discovered a flaw in the handling of
Transactional Memory on powerpc systems allowing a local user to
cause a denial of service (kernel crash) or possibly have
unspecified other impact, by starting a transaction, suspending it,
and then calling any of the exec() class system calls.
CVE-2016-5829
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the hiddev
driver, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service or,
potentially escalate their privileges.
CVE-2016-6130
Pengfei Wang discovered a flaw in the S/390 character device drivers
potentially leading to information leak with /dev/sclp.
Additionally this update fixes a regression in the ebtables facility
(#828914) that was introduced in DSA-3607-1.
Affected Software/OS:
linux on Debian Linux
Solution:
For the stable distribution (jessie),
these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3.
We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.
CVSS Score:
7.2
CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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