SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux Kernel (x86_64) (ZYPP Patch Number 6730)

This update fixes a several security issues and various bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP 2 kernel. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2009-3939: A sysctl variable of the megaraidsas driver was worldwriteable, allowing local users to cause a denial of service or potential code...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 6163 / 6164 / 6172)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel has been updated to 3.0.26, which fixes a lot of bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - A locking problem in transparent hugepage support could be used by local attackers to potentially crash the host, or via kvm a...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1287-1)

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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1322-1)

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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1336-1)

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...

kernel: jbd/jbd2: invalid value of first log block leads to oops

The cleanupjournaltail function in the Journaling Block Device JBD functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service assertion error and kernel oops via an ext3 or ext4 image with an "invalid log first block value."...

CVE-2012-1090

The cifslookup function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via attempted access to a special file, as demonstrated by a FIFO. "The cifs code will attempt to open files on lookup under certain circumstances. What happens though i...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1090

The cifslookup function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via attempted access to a special file, as demonstrated by a FIFO. "The cifs code will attempt to open files on lookup under certain circumstances. What happens though i...

kernel: nfs4_getfacl decoding kernel oops

The NFSv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2.2 does not properly handle bitmap sizes in GETACL replies, which allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service OOPS by sending an excessive number of bitmap words...

kernel: keys: NULL pointer deref in the user-defined key type

The userupdate function in security/keys/userdefined.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and kernel oops via vectors related to a user-defined key and "updating a negative key into a fully instantiated key."...

kernel: security and bugfix update. (important)

The openSUSE 11.4 kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2011-4604: If root does read on a specific socket, it's possible to corrupt kernel memory over network, with an ICMP packet, if the B.A.T.M.A.N. mesh protocol is used. CVE-2011-269...

kernel: ext4: ext4_ext_insert_extent() kernel oops

fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not mark a modified extent as dirty in certain cases of extent splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash via vectors involving ext4 umount and mount operations...

Null pointer dereference

The qdiscnotify function in net/sched/schapi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not prevent tcfillqdisc function calls referencing builtin aka CQFBUILTIN Qdisc structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and OOPS or possibly have unspecified...

CVE-2011-2525

CVE-2011-2525 affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.35, where the qdisc_notify function in net/sched/sch_api.c does not prevent tc_fill_qdisc calls referencing builtin Qdisc structures. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and OOPS, enabling local users to cause a denial of service and pot...

CVE-2011-2203

The hfsfindinit function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and Oops by mounting an HFS file system with a malformed MDB extent record...

Null pointer dereference

The userupdate function in security/keys/userdefined.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and kernel oops via vectors related to a user-defined key and "updating a negative key into a fully instantiated key."...

CVE-2011-4110

CVE-2011-4110 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel 2.6 that affects the user_update function in security/keys/user_defined.c. The issue allows local users to trigger a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference and kernel oops when updating a negative key into a fully instantiated key. Ex...

Ubuntu 11.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1345-1)

Peter Huewe discovered an information leak in the handling of reading security-related TPM data. A local, unprivileged user could read the results of a previous TPM command. CVE-2011-1162 Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS filesystem. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a kernel...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1341-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1341-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13411.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1341-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1345-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1345-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13451.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1345-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...