CVE-2008-3496

Buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing in the uvcparseformat function in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvcdriver.c in uvcvideo in the video4linux V4L implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix security issues and bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These n...

[SA14295] Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities

TITLE: Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA14295 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/14295/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Unknown, Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, DoS WHERE: From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: Linux Kernel 2.6.x...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for the following security issues: iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw i...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for the following security issues: iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw i...

Linux Kernel (<= 2.4.27 2.6.8) binfmt_elf Executable File Read Exploit

No description provided by source. / binfmtelf executable file read vulnerability gcc -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer elfdump.c -o elfdump Copyright c 2004 iSEC Security Research. All Rights Reserved. THIS PROGRAM IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. COPYING,...

CVE-2002-1319

The Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier, and 2.5.x, when running on x86 systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service hang via the emulation mode, which does not properly clear TF and NT EFLAGs...

[ GLSA 200408-24 ] Linux Kernel: Multiple information leaks

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Linux Kernel File Offset Pointer Handling Memory Disclosure Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits =================================================================== Linux Kernel File Offset Pointer Handling Memory Disclosure Exploit =================================================================== / CAN-2004-0415 / gcc -O3 prockmemdump....

CVE-2003-1040

kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service crash by sending certain signals to kmod...

DSA-456 linux-kernel-2.2.19-arm - failing function and TLB flush

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[SECURITY] [DSA 453-1] New Linux 2.2.20 packages fix local root exploit (i386+m68k+powerpc)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 453-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 2nd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix a security vulnerability that may allow local users to gain root privileges are now available. These packages also resolve other minor issues. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in return value...

[SECURITY] [DSA 433-1] New Linux 2.4.17 packages fix local root exploit (mips+mipsel)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 433-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze February 4th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[Full-Disclosure] [iSEC] Linux kernel do_brk() lacks argument bound checking

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Synopsis: Linux kernel dobrk lacks argument bound checking Product: Linux Version: up to 2.4.23, others Vendor: http://www.kernel.org/ URL: http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0012-dobrk.txt CVE:...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that address various security vulnerabilities are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Security issues have been found that affect the versions of the Linux kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise...

Linux Kernel 2.4.18/2.4.19 - Privileged File Descriptor Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service)

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5178/info The Linux kernel is a freely available, open source kernel originally written by Linus Torvalds. It is the core of all Linux distributions. Recent versions of the Linux kernel include a collection of file descriptors which are reserved for usa...

Linux kernel contains race condition via ptrace/procfs/execve

Overview Unprivileged local users can use the ptrace function to take advantage of a privileged program, while that program is performing a privileged operation, to gain privileged access. Description Ptrace is a function, which is often used for debugging, that allows one process to attach to...

Linux Kernel 2.2.x - 'sysctl()' Memory Reading

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2364/info The Linux Kernel is the core of the Linux Operating System. It was originally written by Linus Torvalds, and is publicly maintained. A problem in the Linux kernel may allow root compromise. The sysctl call allows a privileged program to read o...

Linux Kernel 2.2.x - sysctl() Memory Reading

Linux Kernel 2.2.x - sysctl Memory Reading / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2364/info The Linux Kernel is the core of the Linux Operating System. It was originally written by Linus Torvalds, and is publicly maintained. A problem in the Linux kernel may allow root compromise. The sysctl...