readykernel-patch-15.2-2.4-1.vl7

A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the mark_source_chains() function in "net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c". It is possible for a user-supplied "ipt_entry" structure to have a large "next_offset" field. This field is not bounds checked prior to writing to a counter value at the supplied offset. Patches: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54d83fc74aa9ec72794373cb47432c5f7fb1a309 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f24e230d257af1ad7476c6e81a8dc3127a74204e

A flaw was found in the implementation of overlayfs in the Linux kernel. An attacker can make the system leak resources by opening a large file for writing on an overlay filesystem that does not have enough space to handle writing of such amounts of data. Patch: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ab79efab0a0ba01a74df782eb7fa44b044dae8b5

A use after free vulnerability was found in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue and other tcp_* functions. Patch: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bb1fceca22492109be12640d49f5ea5a544c6bb4

Race condition in the audit_log_single_execve_arg function in the Linux kernel allows local users to bypass intended character-set restrictions or disrupt audit of the system calls. Patch: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c

ext4: mfsync() was broken.

ext4: fsync() for dirs/symlink was broken.

Container start and stop operations took too long when many network namespaces were created and destroyed.

Page allocator: freed memory pages could be accessed in the error paths.

MAC filter was silently disabled for the containers in some cases.

A flaw was found in the implementation of the Linux kernel's handling of networking challenge ack where an attacker is able to determine the shared counter which could be used to determine sequence numbers for TCP stream injection. Patch: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=75ff39ccc1bd5d3c455b6822ab09e533c551f758

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's keyring handling code. An uninitialized variable in key_reject_and_link() function could lead to a system crash or a use-after-free. Patch: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38327424b40bcebe2de92d07312c89360ac9229a