Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2016:2128
kernel security and enhancement update
Released 2016-10-31 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6) kernel-2.6.32-504.54.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.54.1.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.54.1.el6 +6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6) python-perf-2.6.32-504.54.1.el6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) kernel-2.6.32-504.54.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.54.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-504.54.1.el6 +9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6) python-perf-2.6.32-504.54.1.el6
Fixes 2 records
Priority CRITICAL 90KEV
Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping,…
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.83524 · Published 2016-11-10 · Fixed CWE-362
Priority LOW 26
The key_reject_and_link function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash)…
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00582 · Published 2016-06-27 · Fixed
