Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The Linux kernel for openSUSE Leap 42.1 was updated to the 4.1.15 stable release, and also includes security and bugfixes. Following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-0728: A reference leak in keyring handling with joinsessionkeyring could lead to local attackers gain root privileges. bsc96207...

CVE-2013-0309

arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.6.2, when transparent huge pages are used, does not properly support PROTNONE memory regions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via a crafted application...

CVE-2012-4398

The requestmodule function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 does not set a certain killable attribute, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a crafted application...

Linux Kernel 2.6.20 with DCCP Support - Memory Disclosure (2)

Linux Kernel 2.6.20 with DCCP Support - Memory Disclosure 2 include include include include include include include define BUFSIZE 0x10000000 int mainint argc, char argv void mem = mmap0, BUFSIZE, PROTREAD | PROTWRITE, MAPANONYMOUS | MAPPRIVATE, 0, 0; if mem == void-1 printf"Alloc failed\n"; retu...

CVE-2006-5174

CVE-2006-5174 concerns the Linux kernel 2.6 copy_from_user() implementation on s390/s390x where a local user could read kernel memory due to improper clearing of a kernel buffer. Affected platform: Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.19-rc1 on s390. The issue is an information leak (partial confidentiali...

CVE-2005-3181

The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIGAUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free namescache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denia...