RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:1304)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1304 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: An...

CVE-2012-3729

The Berkeley Packet Filter BPF interpreter implementation in the kernel in Apple iOS before 6 accesses uninitialized memory locations, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the layout of kernel memory via a crafted program that uses a BPF interface...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Berkeley Packet Filter BPF interpreter implementation in the kernel in Apple iOS before 6 accesses uninitialized memory locations, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the layout of kernel memory via a crafted program that uses a BPF interface...

CVE-2012-3729

CVE-2012-3729 is a kernel vulnerability in Apple iOS (pre-6) related to the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) interpreter. The issue is an uninitialized memory access in the kernel’s BPF path, which could allow a local attacker to read kernel memory layout information via a crafted BPF program. The vu...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1515-1)

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...

CVE-2011-1160

The tpmopen function in drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain buffer, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2011-1021

drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custommethod file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347...

CVE-2011-1021

drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custommethod file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347...

Design/Logic Flaw

drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custommethod file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347...

UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1021

drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custommethod file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347...

CVE-2011-1160

Technical details for CVE-2011-1160 are not publicly available in the supplied connected documents. The initial description identifies a kernel memory info leak in tpm_open (Linux kernel

CVE-2011-1021

drivers/acpi/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by leveraging root privileges to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custommethod file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4347...

PT-2012-1502 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.0 Description: The issue allows local users with root privileges to modify arbitrary kernel memory locations by writing to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom method file. This is due to an incomplete fix for a...

CVE-2011-2208

Integer signedness error in the osfgetdomainname function in arch/alpha/kernel/osfsys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call...

CVE-2011-2210

The osfgetsysinfo function in arch/alpha/kernel/osfsys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform does not properly restrict the data size for GSIGETHWRPB operations, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call...

Integer overflow

Integer signedness error in the osfsysinfo function in arch/alpha/kernel/osfsys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call...

CVE-2011-2208

Integer signedness error in the osfgetdomainname function in arch/alpha/kernel/osfsys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call...

CVE-2011-2209

Integer signedness error in the osfsysinfo function in arch/alpha/kernel/osfsys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted call...

PT-2012-1547 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39.4 Description: The issue is related to the osf getsysinfo function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly restrict the data size for GSI GET HWRPB operations. This allows local users to obtain...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4472)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This affects x8664 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only. CVE-2007-4573 - An information disclosure vulnerability ...