USN-1146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Kees Cook discovered that some ethtool functions did not correctly clear heap memory. A local attacker with CAPNETADMIN privileges could exploit this to read portions of kernel heap memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4655 Kees Cook discovered that the IOWarrior USB device driver did n...

[USN-1111-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1111-1 May 05, 2011 linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its...

USN-1111-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered multiple flaws in the X.25 facilities parsing. If a system was using X.25, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4164 Vegard Nossum discovered that memory garbage collection was not handled correctly for active...

[PRE-SA-2011-02] Information disclosure vulnerability in the OSF partition handling code of the Linux kernel

PRE-CERT Security Advisory ========================== Advisory: PRE-SA-2011-02 Released on: 16 Mar 2011 Last updated on: 16 Mar 2011 Affected product: Linux Kernel 2.4 and 2.6 Impact: disclosure of sensitive information Origin: storage devices Credit: Timo Warns PRESENSE Technologies GmbH CVE...