kernel: RDS sockets local privilege escalation

The rdspagecopyuser function in net/rds/page.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate addresses obtained from user space, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted use of the sendmsg and recvmsg syste...

Linux Root Access Vulnerabilities

US-CERT is aware of public reports of multiple vulnerabilities affecting Linux. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to access the system with root or "superuser" privileges. The first of these vulnerabilities is due to a flaw in the implementation of the Reliable Datagram...

kernel: udp socket NULL ptr dereference

The udpsendmsg function in the UDP implementation in 1 net/ipv4/udp.c and 2 net/ipv6/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash via vectors involving the MSGMORE flag and a UDP socket...

Локальный DoS против Windows

Открытие большого числа datagram-сокетов в клиентском приложении приводит к невозможности работать с UDP Включая разрешение имен...

PT-2009-6738

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SUSE Linux Enterprise affected versions not specified Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.19 Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via vectors involving the MSG MORE flag and a UDP socket. This...