kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2005:529-01 Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues as well as other bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 32 bit architectures This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security...

Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.11-1.27_FC3 (2005-392)

Tue May 17 2005 Dave Jones - Remove the unused and outdated Xen patches from the FC3 tree. - Mon May 16 2005 Dave Jones - Rebase to 2.6.11.10, fixing CVE-2005-1264 - Thu May 12 2005 Dave Jones - Rebase to 2.6.11.9, fixing CVE-2005-1263 - Tue May 10 2005 Dave Jones - Fix two bugs in x86-64 page...

Fedora Core 2 : kernel-2.6.10-1.771_FC2 (2005-262)

Sun Mar 27 2005 Dave Jones - Catch up with all recent security issues. - CVE-2005-0210 : dst leak - CVE-2005-0384 : ppp dos - CVE-2005-0531 : Sign handling issues. - CVE-2005-0400 : EXT2 information leak. - CVE-2005-0449 : Remote oops. - CVE-2005-0736 : Epoll overflow - CVE-2005-0749 : ELF loader...

CVE-2004-1056

CVE-2004-1056 involves the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) drivers in Linux kernel 2.6. It is caused by insufficient DMA lock checking, which could allow an authorized client to send arbitrary values to the video card, potentially causing an X server crash or modifying the video output. The vulner...