CVE-2015-6252

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-6252: Possible file descriptor leak for each VHOST_SET_LOG_FDcommand issued, this could eventually wasting available system resources and creating a denial of service (bsc#942367).
• CVE-2015-5707: Possible integer overflow in the calculation of total number of pages in bio_map_user_iov() (bsc#940338).
• CVE-2015-5364: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-5366: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide inappropriate -EAGAIN return values, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EPOLLET epoll application read outage) via an incorrect checksum in a UDP packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5364 (bsc#936831).
• CVE-2015-1420: Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allowed local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function (bsc#915517).
• CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consider the side effects of failed __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application, aka an 'I/O' vector array overrun. (bsc#933429)
• CVE-2015-2150: Xen 3.3.x through 4.5.x and the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 do not properly restrict access to PCI command registers, which might allow local guest users to cause a denial of service (non-maskable interrupt and host crash) by disabling the (1) memory or (2) I/O decoding for a PCI Express device and then accessing the device, which triggers an Unsupported Request (UR) response. (bsc#919463)
• CVE-2015-2830: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 does not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching a user-mode task, which might allow local users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against seccomp before 3.16. (bsc#926240)
• CVE-2015-4700: The bpf_int_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by creating a packet filter and then loading crafted BPF instructions that trigger late convergence by the JIT compiler (bsc#935705).
• CVE-2015-4167: The udf_read_inode function in fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.1 did not validate certain length values, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect data representation or integer overflow, and OOPS) via a crafted UDF filesystem (bsc#933907).
• CVE-2015-0777: drivers/xen/usbback/usbback.c in linux-2.6.18-xen-3.4.0 (aka the Xen 3.4.x support patches for the Linux kernel 2.6.18), as used in the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x in SUSE Linux distributions, allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory via unspecified vectors. (bsc#917830)
• CVE-2014-9728: The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 did not validate certain lengths, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and system crash) via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/inode.c and fs/udf/symlink.c (bsc#933904).
• CVE-2014-9730: The udf_pc_to_char…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.48-52.27 to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-7613: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel IPC code that could lead to arbitrary code execution. The ipc_addid() function initialized a shared object that has unset uid/gid values. Since the fields are not initialized, the check can falsely succeed. (bsc#948536)
• CVE-2015-5156: When a guests KVM network devices is in a bridge configuration the kernel can create a situation in which packets are fragmented in an unexpected fashion. The GRO functionality can create a situation in which multiple SKB's are chained together in a single packets fraglist (by design). (bsc#940776)
• CVE-2015-5157: arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform mishandles IRET faults in processing NMIs that occurred during userspace execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI (bsc#938706).
• CVE-2015-6252: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's vhost driver treated userspace provided log file descriptor when processing the VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl command. The file descriptor was never released and continued to consume kernel memory. A privileged local user with access to the /dev/vhost-net files could use this flaw to create a denial-of-service attack (bsc#942367).
• CVE-2015-5697: The get_bitmap_file function in drivers/md/md.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 does not initialize a certain bitmap data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a GET_BITMAP_FILE ioctl call. (bnc#939994)
• CVE-2015-6937: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. A verification was missing that the underlying transport exists when a connection was created. (bsc#945825)
• CVE-2015-5283: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in SCTP implementation allowing a local user to cause system DoS. Creation of multiple sockets in parallel when system doesn't have SCTP module loaded can lead to kernel panic. (bsc#947155)

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ALSA: hda - Abort the probe without i915 binding for HSW/BDW (bsc#936556).
• Btrfs: Backport subvolume mount option handling (bsc#934962)
• Btrfs: Handle unaligned length in extent_same (bsc#937609).
• Btrfs: advertise which crc32c implementation is being used on mount (bsc#946057).
• Btrfs: allow mounting btrfs subvolumes with different ro/rw options.
• Btrfs: check if previous transaction aborted to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942509).
• Btrfs: clean up error handling in mount_subvol() (bsc#934962).
• Btrfs: cleanup orphans while looking up default subvolume (bsc#914818).
• Btrfs: do not update mtime/ctime on deduped inodes (bsc#937616).
• Btrfs: fail on mismatched subvol and subvolid mount options (bsc#934962).
• Btrfs: fix chunk allocation regression leading to transaction abort (bnc#938550).
• Btrfs: fix clone / extent-same deadlocks (bsc#937612).
• Btrfs: fix crash on close_ctree() if cleaner starts new transaction (bnc#938891).
• Btrfs: fix deadlock with extent-same and readpage (bsc#937612).
• Btrfs: fix file corruption after cloning inline extents (bnc#942512).
• Btrfs: fix file read corruption after extent cloning and fsync (bnc#946902).
• Btrfs: fix find_free_dev_extent() malfunction in case device tree has hole (bnc#938550).
• Btrfs: fix hang when failing to submit bio of directIO (bnc#942685).
• Btrfs: fix list transaction->pending_ordered corruption (bnc#938893).
• Btrfs: fix memory corruption on failure to submit bio for direct IO (bnc#942685).
• Btrfs: fix memory leak in the extent_same ioctl (bsc#937613).
• Btrfs: fix put dio bio twice when we submit dio bio fail (bnc#942685).
• Btrfs: fix race between balance and unused block group deletion (bnc#938892). -…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-8104: Prevent guest to host DoS caused by infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception (bsc#954404).
• CVE-2015-5307: Prevent guest to host DoS caused by infinite loop in microcode via #AC exception (bsc#953527).
• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#952384).
• CVE-2015-5157: arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel on the x86_64 platform mishandled IRET faults in processing NMIs that occurred during userspace execution, which might have allowed local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI (bsc#938706).
• CVE-2015-7872: Possible crash when trying to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (bsc#951440).
• CVE-2015-0272: Prevent remote DoS using IPv6 RA with bogus MTU by validating before applying it (bsc#944296).
• CVE-2015-6937: The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound (bsc#945825).
• CVE-2015-6252: The vhost_dev_ioctl function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl call that triggered permanent file-descriptor allocation (bsc#942367).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• alsa: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers (bsc#814440).
• btrfs: fix hang when failing to submit bio of directIO (bsc#942688).
• btrfs: fix memory corruption on failure to submit bio for direct IO (bsc#942688).
• btrfs: fix put dio bio twice when we submit dio bio fail (bsc#942688).
• dm sysfs: introduce ability to add writable attributes (bsc#904348).
• dm-snap: avoid deadock on s->lock when a read is split (bsc#939826).
• dm: do not start current request if it would have merged with the previous (bsc#904348).
• dm: impose configurable deadline for dm_request_fn merge heuristic (bsc#904348).
• drm/i915: (re)init HPD interrupt storm statistics (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Add HPD IRQ storm detection (v5) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Add Reenable Timer to turn Hotplug Detection back on (v4) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Add bit field to record which pins have received HPD events (v3) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Add enum hpd_pin to intel_encoder (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Add messages useful for HPD storm detection debugging (v2) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Avoid race of intel_crt_detect_hotplug() with HPD interrupt (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Convert HPD interrupts to make use of HPD pin assignment in encoders (v2) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Disable HPD interrupt on pin when irq storm is detected (v3) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Do not WARN nor handle unexpected hpd interrupts on gmch platforms (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Enable hotplug interrupts after querying hw capabilities (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Fix DDC probe for passive adapters (bsc#900610, fdo#85924).
• drm/i915: Fix hotplug interrupt enabling for SDVOC (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Fix up sdvo hpd pins for i965g/gm (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Get rid if the '^A' in struct drm_i915_private (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Make hpd arrays big enough to avoid out of bounds access (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Mask out the HPD irq bits before setting them individually (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Only print hotplug event message when hotplug bit is set (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Only reprobe display on encoder which has received an HPD event (v2) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Queue reenable timer also when enable_hotplug_processing is false (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Remove i965_hpd_irq_setup (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Remove pch_rq_mask from struct drm_i915_private (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Remove valleyview_hpd_irq_setup (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Use an…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 Realtime kernel was updated to version 3.0.101.rt130-45.1 to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-6252: Possible file descriptor leak for each VHOST_SET_LOG_FDcommand issued, this could eventually wasting available system resources and creating a denial of service (bsc#942367).
• CVE-2015-5707: Possible integer overflow in the calculation of total number of pages in bio_map_user_iov() (bsc#940338).
• CVE-2015-5364: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not properly consider yielding a processor, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood (bnc#936831).
• CVE-2015-5366: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide inappropriate -EAGAIN return values, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EPOLLET epoll application read outage) via an incorrect checksum in a UDP packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5364 (bnc#936831).
• CVE-2015-1420: Race condition in the handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allowed local users to bypass intended size restrictions and trigger read operations on additional memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle during the execution of this function (bnc#915517).
• CVE-2015-4700: The bpf_int_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by creating a packet filter and then loading crafted BPF instructions that trigger late convergence by the JIT compiler (bnc#935705).
• CVE-2015-5697: The get_bitmap_file function in drivers/md/md.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 does not initialize a certain bitmap data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a GET_BITMAP_FILE ioctl call. (bnc#939994)

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• Btrfs: be aware of btree inode write errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• Btrfs: be aware of btree inode write errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942404).
• Btrfs: check if previous transaction aborted to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• Btrfs: check if previous transaction aborted to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942404).
• Btrfs: deal with convert_extent_bit errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942350).
• Btrfs: deal with convert_extent_bit errors to avoid fs corruption (bnc#942404).
• Btrfs: fix hang when failing to submit bio of directIO (bnc#942688).
• Btrfs: fix memory corruption on failure to submit bio for direct IO (bnc#942688).
• Btrfs: fix put dio bio twice when we submit dio bio fail (bnc#942688).
• DRM/I915: Add enum hpd_pin to intel_encoder (bsc#942938).
• DRM/i915: Convert HPD interrupts to make use of HPD pin assignment in encoders (v2) (bsc#942938).
• DRM/i915: Get rid if the 'hotplug_supported_mask' in struct drm_i915_private (bsc#942938).
• DRM/i915: Remove i965_hpd_irq_setup (bsc#942938).
• DRM/i915: Remove valleyview_hpd_irq_setup (bsc#942938).
• CIFS: Fix missing crypto allocation (bnc#937402).
• IB/core: Fix mismatch between locked and pinned pages (bnc#937855).
• IB/iser: Add Discovery support (bsc#923002).
• IB/iser: Move informational messages from error to info level (bsc#923002).
• SCSI: Moved iscsi kabi patch to patches.kabi (bsc#923002)
• SCSI: kabi: allow iscsi disocvery session support (bsc#923002).
• SCSI: vmw_pvscsi: Fix pvscsi_abort() function (bnc#940398 bsc#930934).
• SCSI: fix scsi_error_handler vs. scsi_host_dev_release race (bnc#942204).
• SCSI: scsi_error: add missing case statements in scsi_decide_disposition() (bsc#920733).
• SCSI: scsi_transport_iscsi: Exporting new attrs for iscsi session and connection in sysfs (bsc#923002).
• NFSD: Fix nfsv4 opcode decoding…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 Realtime kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2015-8104: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c (bnc#954404).
• CVE-2015-5307: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c (bnc#953527).
• CVE-2015-7990: RDS: Verify the underlying transport exists before creating a connection, preventing possible DoS (bsc#952384, CVE-2015-7990).
• CVE-2015-5157: arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel on the x86_64 platform mishandled IRET faults in processing NMIs that occurred during userspace execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI (bnc#937969 bnc#937970 bnc#938706 bnc#939207).
• CVE-2015-7872: The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands (bnc#951440).
• CVE-2015-8215: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel did not validate attempted changes to the MTU value, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0272. NOTE: the scope of CVE-2015-0272 is limited to the NetworkManager product. (bnc#955354).
• CVE-2015-6937: The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound (bnc#945825).
• CVE-2015-6252: The vhost_dev_ioctl function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl call that triggers permanent file-descriptor allocation (bnc#942367).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• alsa: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers (bnc#814440).
• btrfs: fix hang when failing to submit bio of directIO (bnc#942688).
• btrfs: fix memory corruption on failure to submit bio for direct IO (bnc#942688).
• btrfs: fix put dio bio twice when we submit dio bio fail (bnc#942688).
• dm: do not start current request if it would've merged with the previous (bsc#904348).
• dm: impose configurable deadline for dm_request_fn's merge heuristic (bsc#904348).
• dm-snap: avoid deadock on s->lock when a read is split (bsc#939826).
• dm sysfs: introduce ability to add writable attributes (bsc#904348).
• drm/i915: Add bit field to record which pins have received HPD events (v3) (bsc#942938).
• drm/I915: Add enum hpd_pin to intel_encoder (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: add hotplug activation period to hotplug update mask (bsc#953980).
• drm/i915: Add HPD IRQ storm detection (v5) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Add messages useful for HPD storm detection debugging (v2) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Add Reenable Timer to turn Hotplug Detection back on (v4) (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: assert_spin_locked for pipestat interrupt enable/disable (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Avoid race of intel_crt_detect_hotplug() with HPD interrupt (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Avoid race of intel_crt_detect_hotplug() with HPD interrupt, v2 (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: clear crt hotplug compare voltage field before setting (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: close tiny race in the ilk pcu even interrupt setup (bsc#942938).
• drm/i915: Convert HPD interrupts to make use of HPD pin assignment in encoders (v2) (bsc#942938). -…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bug fixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2016-4486: Fixed 4 byte information leak in net/core/rtnetlink.c (bsc#978822).
• CVE-2016-3134: The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not validate certain offset fields, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt call (bnc#971126).
• CVE-2016-2847: fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default sizes (bnc#970948).
• CVE-2016-2188: The iowarrior_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970956).
• CVE-2016-3138: The acm_probe function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a USB device without both a control and a data endpoint descriptor (bnc#970911).
• CVE-2016-3137: drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a USB device without both an interrupt-in and an interrupt-out endpoint descriptor, related to the cypress_generic_port_probe and cypress_open functions (bnc#970970).
• CVE-2016-3140: The digi_port_init function in drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970892).
• CVE-2016-2186: The powermate_probe function in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970958).
• CVE-2016-2185: The ati_remote2_probe function in drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#971124).
• CVE-2016-3156: The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles destruction of device objects, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses (bnc#971360).
• CVE-2016-2184: The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#971125).
• CVE-2016-3139: The wacom_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#970909).
• CVE-2016-2143: The fork implementation in the Linux kernel on s390 platforms mishandled the case of four page-table levels, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application, related to arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h and arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h (bnc#970504).
• CVE-2016-2782: The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1)…

The vhost_dev_ioctl function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl call that triggers permanent file-descriptor allocation.

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md (multiple device) driver when the bitmap_info.file is disabled. A local privileged attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel. (CVE-2015-5697)

Marc-André Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly release the userspace provided log file descriptor. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion). (CVE-2015-6252)

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md (multiple device) driver when the bitmap_info.file is disabled. A local privileged attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel. (CVE-2015-5697)

Marc-André Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly release the userspace provided log file descriptor. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion). (CVE-2015-6252)

It was discovered that virtio networking in the Linux kernel did not handle fragments correctly, leading to kernel memory corruption. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2015-5156)

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md (multiple device) driver when the bitmap_info.file is disabled. A local privileged attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel. (CVE-2015-5697)

Marc-André Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly release the userspace provided log file descriptor. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion). (CVE-2015-6252)

It was discovered that the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) implementation in the Linux kernel did not verify sockets were properly bound before attempting to send a message, which could cause a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-6937)

Ben Hutchings discovered that the Advanced Union Filesystem (aufs) for the Linux kernel did not correctly handle references of memory mapped files from an aufs mount. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2015-7312)