Linux Kernel 2.6.30 - tun_chr_pool() Null Pointer Dereference

Linux Kernel 2.6.30 - tunchrpool Null Pointer Dereference source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35724/info The Linux kernel is prone to a local NULL-pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges or crash an...

Buffer overflow

Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver drivers/net/r8169.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service kernel memory corruption and crash via a long packet...

PT-2009-5554 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.30 Description: The issue concerns the production of insufficiently random numbers by the get random int function, allowing attackers to predict the return value. This could potentially defeat protection...

CVE-2009-1527

Race condition in the ptraceattach function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc4 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACEATTACH ptrace call during an exec system call that is launching a setuid application, related to locking an incorrect credexecmutex object...