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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:03:36 +0200
From: Agostino Sarubbo <ago@...too.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org
Subject: CVE request: Linux Kernel, two security issues
I don't see a cve assigned for the following:
1) https://secunia.com/advisories/57468/ :
A vulnerability has been reported in Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a race condition error in the
"ath_tx_aggr_sleep()" function (drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c), which
can be exploited to cause a crash.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.12.15 and prior to
3.13.7.
Solution:
Update to version 3.12.15 or 3.13.7.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Max Sydorenko within a bug report.
Original Advisory:
Kernel:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7
Max Sydorenko:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70551
2) https://secunia.com/advisories/57436/ :
Description
A vulnerability has been reported in Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "arch_dup_task_struct()"
function (arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c) and can be exploited to cause a crash
via a specially crafted instruction sequence.
Note: This only affects systems running on PowerPC.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.12.15 and 3.13.7.
Solution:
Update to version 3.12.15 or 3.13.7.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Adhemerval Zanella Neto.
Original Advisory:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7
--
Agostino Sarubbo
Gentoo Linux Developer
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