USN-1072-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Gleb Napatov discovered that KVM did not correctly check certain privileged operations. A local attacker with access to a guest kernel could exploit this to crash the host system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-0435 Dave Chinner discovered that the XFS filesystem did not correctly order...

CVE-2010-4074

The USB subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to TIOCGICOUNT ioctl calls, and the 1 mos7720ioctl function in...

Design/Logic Flaw

The USB subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to TIOCGICOUNT ioctl calls, and the 1 mos7720ioctl function in...

CVE-2010-4074

The USB subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to TIOCGICOUNT ioctl calls, and the 1 mos7720ioctl function in...

CVE-2010-4074

CVE-2010-4074 affects Linux kernel USB subsystem prior to 2.6.36-rc5, where several structure members were not properly initialized. This can let local users read potentially sensitive data from kernel stack memory via TIOCGICOUNT-related ioctl paths, specifically mos7720_ioctl and mos7840_ioctl ...

CVE-2010-4074

The USB subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to TIOCGICOUNT ioctl calls, and the 1 mos7720ioctl function in...

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-947-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-947-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN9471.nasl 7965 2017-12-01 07:38:25Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-947-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu Update for linux regression USN-947-2

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-947-2 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN9472.nasl 7965 2017-12-01 07:38:25Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux regression USN-947-2 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.ne...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-947-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 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-947-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 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...

USN-947-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-947-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Fixes for CVE-2010-0419 caused failures when using KVM in certain situations. This update reverts that fix until a better solution can be found. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the Linux...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux regression (USN-947-2)

USN-947-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Fixes for CVE-2010-0419 caused failures when using KVM in certain situations. This update reverts that fix until a better solution can be found. We apologize for the inconvenience. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly handl...

Debian DSA-2053-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-4537 Fabian Yamaguchi reported a missing check for Ethernet frames larger...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2053-1] New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several issues

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2053-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ dann frazier May 25, 2010 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ----------------------------------------------------------------------...

kernel PWC driver DoS

The disconnect method in the Philips USB Webcam pwc driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.22.6 "relies on user space to close the device," which allows user-assisted local attackers to cause a denial of service USB subsystem hang and CPU consumption in khubd by not closing the device after the...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4185)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers IPV6RTHDRTYPE0 that create network amplification between two routers. CVE-2007-2242 The default is that RH0 is disabled now. To...

Debian DSA-1381-2 : linux-2.6 - several vulnerabilities

Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2006-5755 The NT bit maybe leaked into the next task which can...

CVE-2007-5093

The disconnect method in the Philips USB Webcam pwc driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.22.6 "relies on user space to close the device," which allows user-assisted local attackers to cause a denial of service USB subsystem hang and CPU consumption in khubd by not closing the device after the...

CVE-2007-5093

The CVE-2007-5093 issue affects the Linux kernel pwc (Philips USB Webcam) driver in 2.6.x up to 2.6.22.5, where disconnect relies on user space to close the device. This can allow a user-assisted local attacker to cause a denial of service (USB subsystem hang and khubd CPU usage) by not closing t...

CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2007:0436)

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3. This is the ninth regular update. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles t...