Fedora 17 : kernel-3.3.4-4.fc17 (2012-7362)

this update resolves an important security issue in the dl2k driver, and Fixes an issue with the radeon DRM driver in EFI mode. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-220.13.1.el6 - Revert: fs NFSv4: include bitmap in nfsv4 get acl data Sachin Prabhu 753231 753232 CVE-2011-4131 2.6.32-220.12.1.el6 - net netsched: qdiscallochandle can be too slow Jiri Pirko 805458 785891 - fs procfs: add hidepid= and gid= mount options Jerome Marchand 770651 770652 - fs...

PT-2012-2262 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1.5 Description: The issue is related to an integer overflow in the drm mode dirtyfb ioctl function, which can be exploited by local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service due to memory...

CVE-2012-0044

Integer overflow in the drmmodedirtyfbioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drmcrtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted ioctl call...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-0044

Integer overflow in the drmmodedirtyfbioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drmcrtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted ioctl call...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-220.2.1.el6 - dm fixing test for NULL pointer testing Paolo Bonzini 752379 752380 CVE-2011-4127 2.6.32-220.1.1.el6 - dm do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the underlying device Paolo Bonzini 752379 752380 CVE-2011-4127 - block fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices...

From Sony's DRM Rootkit to CarrierIQ: Why Commercial Rootkits Make Us So Mad

The half life of the CarrierIQ “rootkit” scandal proved to be a little more than a week. That’s about how long it took for Trevor Eckhart, a young, Connecticut-based Android developer to begin raising questions about some stealth software he discovered running on Android phones by HTC and...

USN-1204-1: Linux kernel (i.MX51) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel TIPC implementation contained multiple integer signedness errors. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3859 Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local...

Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1159-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1159-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11591.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1159-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1162-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1162-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11621.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1162-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

USN-1162-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)

Brad Spengler discovered that the kernel did not correctly account for userspace memory allocations during exec calls. A local attacker could exploit this to consume all system memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4243 Alexander Duyck discovered that the Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1141-1)

Brad Spengler discovered that the kernel did not correctly account for userspace memory allocations during exec calls. A local attacker could exploit this to consume all system memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4243 Alexander Duyck discovered that the Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver...

USN-1141-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Brad Spengler discovered that the kernel did not correctly account for userspace memory allocations during exec calls. A local attacker could exploit this to consume all system memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4243 Alexander Duyck discovered that the Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver...

Oracle Linux 6.1 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update

2.6.32-131.0.15.el6 - build disable Werr for external modules Aristeu Rozanski 703504 2.6.32-131.0.14.el6 - scsi hpsa: fix reading a write only register causes a hang Rob Evers 703262 - scsi mpt2sas: remove the use of writeq, since writeq is not atomic Tomas Henzl 701947 2.6.32-131.0.13.el6 - scs...

kernel: drm_modeset_ctl signedness issue

Integer signedness error in the drmmodesetctl function in 1 drivers/gpu/drm/drmirq.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 and 2 sys/dev/pci/drm/drmirq.c in the kernel in OpenBSD before 4.9 allows local users to trigger out-of-bounds write operations, and...

kernel: drm_modeset_ctl signedness issue

Integer signedness error in the drmmodesetctl function in 1 drivers/gpu/drm/drmirq.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 and 2 sys/dev/pci/drm/drmirq.c in the kernel in OpenBSD before 4.9 allows local users to trigger out-of-bounds write operations, and...

April, 2007: Sony ARccOS Copy Protection Bricks DVD Players

With the DRM rootkit debacle still visible in the rear view mirror, Sony again found itself in hot water over copy protection gone wrong in 2007. This time the problem was with Sony’s Advanced Regional Copy Control Operating Solution ARccOS, which shipped with some DVDs. The technology was...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-71.29.1.el6 - mm Revert 'mm pdpte registers are not flushed when PGD entry is changed in x86 PAE mode' Larry Woodman 695256 691310 2.6.32-71.28.1.el6 - net bonding: fix jiffy comparison issues Andy Gospodarek 698109 696337 - drm radeon/kms: check AA resolve registers on r300 + regression f...

CVE-2011-1013

Integer signedness error in the drmmodesetctl function in 1 drivers/gpu/drm/drmirq.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 and 2 sys/dev/pci/drm/drmirq.c in the kernel in OpenBSD before 4.9 allows local users to trigger out-of-bounds write operations, and...

Integer overflow

Integer signedness error in the drmmodesetctl function in 1 drivers/gpu/drm/drmirq.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 and 2 sys/dev/pci/drm/drmirq.c in the kernel in OpenBSD before 4.9 allows local users to trigger out-of-bounds write operations, and...