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kernel: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2015-8816 CVE-2015-8830 CVE-2016-2543 CVE-2016-2544 CVE-2016-2545 CVE-2016-2546 CVE-2016-2547 CVE-2016-2548 CVE-2016-2549
Created:March 4, 2016 Updated:March 9, 2016
Description:

From the Debian advisory:

CVE-2015-8816 - A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in the USB hub driver. This may be used by a physically present user for privilege escalation.

CVE-2015-8830 - Ben Hawkes of Google Project Zero reported that the AIO interface permitted reading or writing 2 GiB of data or more in a single chunk, which could lead to an integer overflow when applied to certain filesystems, socket or device types. The full security impact has not been evaluated.

CVE-2016-2543 - Dmitry Vyukov found that the core sound sequencer driver (snd-seq) lacked a necessary check for a null pointer, allowing a user with access to a sound sequencer device to cause a denial-of- service (crash).

CVE-2016-2544, CVE-2016-2546, CVE-2016-2547, CVE-2016-2548 - Dmitry Vyukov found various race conditions in the sound subsystem (ALSA)'s management of timers. A user with access to sound devices could use these to cause a denial-of-service (crash or hang) or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2016-2545 - Dmitry Vyukov found a flaw in list manipulation in the sound subsystem (ALSA)'s management of timers. A user with access to sound devices could use this to cause a denial-of-service (crash or hang) or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2016-2549 - Dmitry Vyukov found a potential deadlock in the sound subsystem (ALSA)'s use of high resolution timers. A user with access to sound devices could use this to cause a denial-of-service (hang).

Alerts:
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:2649-1 kernel 2016-10-26
Oracle ELSA-2016-3596 kernel 4.1.12 2016-08-26
Oracle ELSA-2016-3596 kernel 4.1.12 2016-08-26
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:2144-1 kernel 2016-08-24
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1 kernel 2016-08-15
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:1961-1 kernel 2016-08-04
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1 kernel 2016-07-08
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1 the Linux Kernel 2016-06-30
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1 kernel 2016-06-27
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:1672-1 the Linux Kernel 2016-06-24
Ubuntu USN-2967-2 linux-ti-omap4 2016-05-09
Ubuntu USN-2970-1 linux-lts-vivid 2016-05-09
Ubuntu USN-2969-1 linux-lts-utopic 2016-05-09
Ubuntu USN-2968-2 linux-lts-trusty 2016-05-09
Ubuntu USN-2967-1 kernel 2016-05-09
Ubuntu USN-2968-1 kernel 2016-05-09
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:1203-1 kernel 2016-05-03
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:1102-1 kernel 2016-04-19
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:1019-1 kernel 2016-04-12
SUSE SUSE-SU-2016:0911-1 kernel 2016-03-30
Ubuntu USN-2932-1 linux-lts-vivid 2016-03-14
Ubuntu USN-2931-1 linux-lts-utopic 2016-03-14
Ubuntu USN-2929-2 linux-lts-trusty 2016-03-14
Ubuntu USN-2929-1 kernel 2016-03-14
Debian DSA-3503-1 kernel 2016-03-03

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