kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_iw_laddr_check()

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rdsiwladdrcheck function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2221-1)

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...

USN-2221-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...

USN-2220-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...

kernel: net: rds: dereference of a NULL device in rds_ib_laddr_check()

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rdsibladdrcheck function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2678

The rdsiwladdrcheck function in net/rds/iw.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7339

The rdsibladdrcheck function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports...

USN-2134-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Mathy Vanhoef discovered an error in the the way the ath9k driver was handling the BSSID masking. A remote attacker could exploit this error to discover the original MAC address after a spoofing atack. CVE-2013-4579 Andrew Honig reported an error in the Linux Kernel's Kernel Virtual Machine KVM...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1540-1)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:1540 : Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, two bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common...

kernel: rds-ping cause kernel panic

The rdsibxmit function in net/rds/ibsend.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service BUGON and kernel panic by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, two bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3430

The rdsrecvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a 1 recvfrom or 2 recvmsg system call on an RDS socket...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:1304 centos6

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:1304 centos6 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under th...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1563-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1563-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15631.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1563-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1555-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1555-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15551.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1555-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

USN-1538-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's network TUN/TAP device implementation. A local user with access to the TUN/TAP interface which is not available to unprivileged users until granted by a root user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or potential gain administrative privileges...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1531-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1514-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1514-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15141.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1514-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1529-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1529-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15291.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1529-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...