USN-1146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Kees Cook discovered that some ethtool functions did not correctly clear heap memory. A local attacker with CAPNETADMIN privileges could exploit this to read portions of kernel heap memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4655 Kees Cook discovered that the IOWarrior USB device driver did n...

USN-1119-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

kernel: heap contents leak for CAP_NET_ADMIN via ethtool ioctl

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

Important: 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 important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-71.24.1.el6 - fs Revert 'fs inotify: stop kernel memory leak on file creation failure' Eric Paris 656831 656832 CVE-2010-4250 2.6.32-71.23.1.el6 - x86 Revert 'x86 mtrr: Assume SYSCFGTom2ForceMemTypeWB exists on all future AMD CPUs' Frank Arnold 683813 652208 2.6.32-71.22.1.el6 - rebuild...

USN-1093-1: Linux Kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

kernel: heap contents leak for CAP_NET_ADMIN via ethtool ioctl

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

kernel: heap contents leak for CAP_NET_ADMIN via ethtool ioctl

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

USN-1074-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2009-4895 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the MOVEEXT ext4 ioctl did not correctly check file permissions. A local attacker could overwrite append-only...

kernel: heap contents leak for CAP_NET_ADMIN via ethtool ioctl

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.9 kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues, hundreds of bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4. This is the ninth regular update. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this updat...

PT-2011-1619 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36 Description: The issue allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory. This is possible by leveraging the CAP NET ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call, due to...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-71.14.1.0.1.el6 - replace Red Hat with Oracle in files genkey and kernel.spec 2.6.32-71.14.1.el6 - kvm x86: zero kvmvcpuevents-interrupt.pad Marcelo Tosatti 665471 665409 CVE-2010-4525 2.6.32-71.13.1.el6 email6.RHSA-2011-0007 178L, 11970C written - scsi lpfc: Fixed crashes for NULL pnode...

kernel: heap contents leak from ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL

The ethtoolgetrxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain block of heap memory, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via an ETHTOOLGRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rulecnt value, a different...

Important: 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 important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

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...

CVE-2010-3861

The ethtoolgetrxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain block of heap memory, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via an ETHTOOLGRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rulecnt value, a different...

PT-2010-5124 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36 Description: The issue is related to the ethtool get rxnfc function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize a block of heap memory. This can be exploited by local users to obtain potential...

kernel: heap contents leak from ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL

The ethtoolgetrxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain block of heap memory, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via an ETHTOOLGRXCLSRLALL ethtool command with a large info.rulecnt value, a different...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.3. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...