kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5 - fix filpclose race Joe Jin orabug 10335998 - fix missing aiocomplete in endio Joel Becker orabug 10365195 - make xenkbd.abspointer=1 by default orabug 67188919 - xen check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change Chuck Anderson orabug 7556514 - net Enable...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux Kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 2760 / 2763 / 2764)

This SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 kernel contains various security fixes and other bugfixes. Notable larger bug fixes and changes : - A deadlock in virtual interface handling in XEN introduced by the last update has been fixed. - The btrfs file system received backports of lots of fixe...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0163)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0163 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue: A flaw was foun...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and three 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. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:039

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:039 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 terms ...

SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:039

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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...

SuSE 11 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3358 / 3361 / 3362)

This security update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 GA kernel updates the kernel to 2.6.27.54 and fixes various security issues and other bugs. The following security issues were fixed : - Multiple integer signedness errors in net/rose/afrose.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and four 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. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which...

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1000-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1000-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN10001.nasl 7965 2017-12-01 07:38:25Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1000-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux, linux-ec2, linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-1000-1)

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 Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a...

USN-1000-1: Linux kernel 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 Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a...

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...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2010:0723 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 Scorin...

CVE-2010-2798

The gfs2direntfindspace function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and panic and possibly have unspecified other...

Null pointer dereference

The gfs2direntfindspace function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and panic and possibly have unspecified other...

CVE-2010-2798

The CVE-2010-2798 entry concerns the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.35, where gfs2_dirent_find_space uses an incorrect size value in calculations related to sentinel directory entries. This can allow local attackers to trigger a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic, with a...

CVE-2010-2798

The gfs2direntfindspace function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and panic and possibly have unspecified other...

CVE-2010-2798

The gfs2direntfindspace function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and panic and possibly have unspecified other...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and three 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, which...