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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-8785) ELSA-2016-3596: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-8785) ELSA-2016-3596: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/01/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

The fuse_fill_write_pages function in fs/fuse/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a writev system call that triggers a zero length for the first segment of an iov.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-dtrace-modules
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-firmware

References

  • ELSA-2016-3596
  • DLA-412-1
  • DSA-3503
  • USN-2886-1
  • USN-2886-2
  • USN-2907-1
  • USN-2907-2
  • USN-2908-1
  • USN-2908-2
  • USN-2908-3
  • USN-2908-4
  • USN-2908-5
  • USN-2909-1
  • USN-2909-2
  • USN-2910-1
  • USN-2910-2
  • CVE-2015-8785
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