kernel: nfs4: Ensure that ACL pages sent over NFS were not allocated from the slab

The nfs4procsetacl function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 stores NFSv4 ACL data in memory that is allocated by kmalloc but not properly freed, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic via a crafted attempt to set an ACL...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (i386) (ZYPP Patch Number 2097)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - A double userspace copy in a SCTP ioctl allows local attackers to overflow a buffer in the kernel, potentially allowing code execution and privilege escalation. 199441. CVE-2006-3745 - Local attackers were able to crash PowerPC systems...

Linux Kernel 2.4.x mremap() bound checking Root Exploit

No description provided by source. / Linux kernel mremap bound checking bug exploit. Bug found by Paul Starzetz paul isec pl 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,...

Memory corruption

Memory leak in setlease in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via unspecified actions related to an "uninitialised return value," aka "slab leak."...

CVE-2006-1859

Memory leak in setlease in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via unspecified actions related to an "uninitialised return value," aka "slab leak."...