kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2011:1386 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Commo...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement 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,...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1189)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1189 advisory. Security issues: Using PCI passthrough without interrupt remapping support allowed KVM guests to generate MSI interrupts and thus potentiall...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0723-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0723-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0723-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0723-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

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 5. 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...

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 5.4 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. This is the fifth regular update. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rate...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2010:0147)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs 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 give detailed...

kernel: ext4: Avoid null pointer dereference when decoding EROFS w/o a journal

The ext4decodeerror function in fs/ext4/super.c in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted read-only filesystem that lacks a journal...

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 5. 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...

Two New Flaws Haunt Linux Kernel

A pair of new kernel vulnerabilities are threatening the security of systems running current versions of several Linux distributions. One of the flaws gives a remote attacker the ability to crash vulnerable systems and the other leads to root privileges for a local attacker. The most serious of t...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1243 Updated kernel packages that fix security issues, address several hundred bugs and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. This is the fourth regular update...

kernel: ext4: ext4_fill_super() missing validation issue

The ext4fillsuper function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.19 and 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.7 does not validate the superblock configuration, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and OOPS by attempting to mount a crafted ext4...

kernel: ext4: ext4_group_add() missing initialisation issue

The ext4groupadd function in fs/ext4/resize.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 before 2.6.27.19 and 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.7 does not properly initialize the group descriptor during a resize aka resize2fs operation, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service OOPS by arranging for crafted...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix security issues, address several hundred bugs and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. This is the fourth regular update. This update has been rated as having important...