SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 6236)

The Linux kernel on SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 was updated to fix various security issues and several bugs. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2009-0834: The auditsyscallentry function in the Linux kernel on the x8664 platform did not properly handle 1 a 32-bit process...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (kernel-951)

This kernel update for openSUSE 11.0 fixes some bugs and several security problems. The following security issues are fixed: A local denial of service problem in the splice2 system call. CVE-2009-1630: The nfspermission function in fs/nfs/dir.c in the NFS client implementation in the Linux kernel...

CVE-2009-0835: Undefined Security Weakness

The securecomputing function in kernel/seccomp.c in the seccomp subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.28.7 and earlier on the x8664 platform, when CONFIGSECCOMP is enabled, does not properly handle 1 a 32-bit process making a 64-bit syscall or 2 a 64-bit process making a 32-bit syscall, which allows...