Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: The btsockrecvmsg function in net/bluetooth/afbluetooth.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. The...

SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 7991 / 7992 / 7994)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel has been updated to 3.0.82 and to fix various bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - The chaseport function in drivers/usb/serial/ioti.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service NUL...

kernel: Information leak in the Data Center Bridging (DCB) component

net/dcb/dcbnl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

Kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM - missing msg_namelen update in rfcomm_sock_recvmsg

The rfcommsockrecvmsg function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

Kernel: atm: update msg_namelen in vcc_recvmsg()

The vccrecvmsg function in net/atm/common.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

kernel: Information leak in the Data Center Bridging (DCB) component

net/dcb/dcbnl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0839)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0839 advisory. - net rds: fix local privilege escalation Eugene Teo 642897 642898 CVE-2010-3904 - misc futex: replace LOCKPREFIX in futex.h Peter Zijlstra 633175 6331...

Kernel: llc: Fix missing msg_namelen update in llc_ui_recvmsg

The llcuirecvmsg function in net/llc/afllc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

Kernel: Bluetooth: possible info leak in bt_sock_recvmsg()

The btsockrecvmsg function in net/bluetooth/afbluetooth.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

Kernel: tipc: info leaks via msg_name in recv_msg/recv_stream

net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure and a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2013:176)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel : The scmsetcred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1878-1)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local user could exploit this flaw to discover keystroke timing and potentially discover sensitive information like password length. CVE-2013-0160 A flaw was discovered in the Linux...

USN-1881-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discover an error in the Linux kernel's credential handling on unix sockets. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-1979 An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local...

kernel: Information leak in the Data Center Bridging (DCB) component

net/dcb/dcbnl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

kernel: Information leak in the RTNETLINK component

The rtnlfillifinfo function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

Kernel: llc: Fix missing msg_namelen update in llc_ui_recvmsg

The llcuirecvmsg function in net/llc/afllc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

kernel: crypto: info leaks in report API

The report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect C library function for copying strings, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability...

USN-1824-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's ISO 9660 CDROM file system driver. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine some of the kernel's heap memory. CVE-2012-6549 Mathias Krause discovered a flaw in xfrmuser in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with NETADMIN...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130424)

It was found that getaddrinfo did not limit the amount of stack memory used during name resolution. An attacker able to make an application resolve an attacker-controlled hostname or IP address could possibly cause the application to exhaust all stack memory and crash. CVE-2013-1914 A flaw was...

RedHat Update for glibc RHSA-2013:0769-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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...