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). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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