openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:0236-1)

The openSUSE 11.4 kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2011-4604: If root does read on a specific socket, it's possible to corrupt kernel memory over network, with an ICMP packet, if the B.A.T.M.A.N. mesh protocol is used. CVE-2011-269...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7270

The packetrecvmsg function in net/packet/afpacket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value before ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a 1 recvfrom, 2 recvmmsg, or...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2011-2029)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-2029 advisory. - afpacket: prevent information leak CVE-2011-2898 - gro: Only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled CVE-2011-2723 - vm: fix vmpgoff wrap in stack...

kernel: security and bugfix update. (important)

The openSUSE 11.4 kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2011-4604: If root does read on a specific socket, it's possible to corrupt kernel memory over network, with an ICMP packet, if the B.A.T.M.A.N. mesh protocol is used. CVE-2011-269...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1350)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1350 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: Flaws...

kernel: af_packet: infoleak

net/packet/afpacket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.3 does not properly restrict user-space access to certain packet data structures associated with VLAN Tag Control Information, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information via a crafted application...

kernel: net/packet/af_packet.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

net/packet/afpacket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAPNETRAW capability to read copies of the applicable structures...