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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2664-1)
The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2664-1 advisory. A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's filehandle size verification. A local user could exploit this flaw to read potentially sensative...
Ubuntu 9.10 : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1073-1)
Gleb Napatov discovered that KVM did not correctly check certain privileged operations. A local attacker with access to a guest kernel could exploit this to crash the host system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-0435 Dan Jacobson discovered that ThinkPad video output was not correctly...
USN-1071-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Tavis Ormandy discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly implement exception fixup. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3086 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel TIPC implementation contained multiple integer signednes...
Ubuntu 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1041-1)
Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly filter registers on 64bit kernels when performing 32bit system calls. On a 64bit system, a local attacker could manipulate 32bit system calls to gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3301 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the btrfs filesystem did...
