Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120110)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system implementation handled links with overly long path names. A local, unprivileged...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system implementation handled links with overly long path names. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges by mounting a specially-crafted disk...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0350 Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severi...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0610 centos5 i386

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: rgmanager security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An updated rgmanager package that fixes one security issue, several bugs, and adds multiple enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score,...

kernel: xfs: prevent leaking uninitialized stack memory in FSGEOMETRY_V1

The xfsfsgeometry function in fs/xfs/xfsfsops.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FSGEOMETRYV1 ioctl call...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:0498)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues, various bugs, and add an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whic...

kernel: xfs: prevent leaking uninitialized stack memory in FSGEOMETRY_V1

The xfsfsgeometry function in fs/xfs/xfsfsops.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FSGEOMETRYV1 ioctl call...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.3. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

CVE-2011-0711

The xfsfsgeometry function in fs/xfs/xfsfsops.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc6-git3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FSGEOMETRYV1 ioctl call...

kernel: xfs: XFS_IOC_FSGETXATTR ioctl memory leak

The xfsiocfsgetxattr function in fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfsioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an ioctl call...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2110-1 (linux-2.6)

The remote host is missing an update to linux-2.6 announced via advisory DSA 2110-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb21101.nasl 6614 2017-07-07 12:09:12Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2110-1 linux-2.6 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2010 E-Soft Inc...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2110-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 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...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0723-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0723-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Debian DSA-2110-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2010-2492 Andre Osterhues reported an issue in the eCryptfs...

DSA-2110-1 linux-2.6 - several issues

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USN-263-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was found in the module reference counting for loadable protocol modules of netfilter. By performing particular socket operations, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. This flaw only affects Ubuntu 5.10. CVE-2005-3359 David Howells noticed a race condition in the addkey...