Debian Security Advisory
DLA-670-1 linux -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 20 Oct 2016
- Affected Packages:
- linux
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-8956, CVE-2016-5195, CVE-2016-7042, CVE-2016-7425.
- More information:
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.
- CVE-2015-8956
It was discovered that missing input sanitising in RFCOMM Bluetooth socket handling may result in denial of service or information leak.
- CVE-2016-5195
It was discovered that a race condition in the memory management code can be used for local privilege escalation. This does not affect kernels built with PREEMPT_RT enabled.
- CVE-2016-7042
Ondrej Kozina discovered that incorrect buffer allocation in the proc_keys_show() function may result in local denial of service.
- CVE-2016-7425
Marco Grassi discovered a buffer overflow in the arcmsr SCSI driver which may result in local denial of service, or potentially, arbitrary code execution.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.82-1. This version also includes bug fixes from upstream version 3.2.82 and updates the PREEMPT_RT featureset to version 3.2.82-rt119.For Debian 8
Jessie
, these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.36-1+deb8u2.We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- CVE-2015-8956