Input validation

The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Server 2008 SP2 does not properly validate user-mode pointers in unspecified error conditions, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Pointe...

CVE-2009-1124

This CVE entry covers multiple Windows kernel privilege-escalation flaws (CVE-2009-1123, -1124, -1125, -1126) related to improper validation of changes to kernel objects, user-mode pointers, system-call arguments, and certain desktop parameters. Exploitation is local and requires valid logon cred...

PT-2009-3688 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2003 +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 Description: The issue arises from the kernel's failure to properly...

Null pointer dereference

The copyfromusermmapsem function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allow local users to read from arbitrary kernel memory locations...