Fedora 9 : kernel-2.6.27.9-73.fc9 (2008-11618)

Update kernel from version 2.6.27.7 to 2.6.27.9: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.8 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.9 Also includes three critical fixes scheduled for 2.6.27.10 Update applesmc driver to latest upstream version. Adds module...

USN-637-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that there were multiple NULL-pointer function dereferences in the Linux kernel terminal handling code. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as root, or crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2008-2812 The dochangetype routine did not...

Updated kernel packages for Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.7

2.6.9-78 -alsa: Fix mic not working for HP XW series Brian Maly 453783 2.6.9-77 -alsa: Add missing quirks for alc262 Brian Maly 453783 -Revert 'i8042: remove polling timer support - Original bz 246233' Vivek Goyal 450918 2.6.9-76 -tty: fix tty holes Vivek Goyal 453155 CVE-2008-2812 -xen: fix use ...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 : linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities (USN-618-1)

It was discovered that the ALSA /proc interface did not write the correct number of bytes when reporting memory allocations. A local attacker might be able to access sensitive kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2007-4571 Multiple buffer overflows were discovered in the handling of...

USN-618-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ALSA /proc interface did not write the correct number of bytes when reporting memory allocations. A local attacker might be able to access sensitive kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2007-4571 Multiple buffer overflows were discovered in the handling of...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 1505-1 (alsa-driver)

The remote host is missing an update to alsa-driver announced via advisory DSA 1505-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb15051.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1505-1 alsa-driver Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1505-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 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...

Debian DSA-1505-1 : alsa-driver - kernel memory leak

Takashi Iwai supplied a fix for a memory leak in the sndpagealloc module. Local users could exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information from the kernel CVE-2007-4571 . %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted...

[SECURITY] [DSA 1505-1] New alsa-driver packages fix kernel memory leak

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1505 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ dann frazier February 22, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1179-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 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...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 2606)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The ftdisio driver allowed local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued. This requires this driver to be loaded, whi...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4471)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This affects x8664 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only. CVE-2007-4573 - An information disclosure vulnerability ...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0993)

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These ne...

Important: kernel security update

CVE-2007-4571 ALSA memory disclosure flaw - Tick divider bugs on x8664 - CVE-2007-5494 openOATOMICLOOKUP leaks dentry - PATCH jbd: wait for already submitted tsyncdatalist buffer to complete Possibility of in-place data destruction - LSPP: audit rule causes kernel 'out of memory' condition and...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These ne...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4641)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : ++ CVE-2006-6058: A local denial of service when mounting MINIX filesystems was fixed. ++ CVE-2007-4997: A 2 byte buffer underflow in the ieee80211 stack was fixed, which might be used by attackers in WLAN reach to crash the machine. and...

Fedora 7 : kernel-2.6.22.9-91.fc7 (2007-2349)

Update to Linux 2.6.22.8 and 2.6.22.9: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.8 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.9 CVE-2007-4571 The sndmemprocread function in sound/core/memalloc.c in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA in the Linux kernel...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:0939 Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel is the cor...

Important: kernel security update

2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1 - fix entropy flag in bnx2 driver to generate entropy pool John Sobecki orabug 5931647 - fix for nfs open call taking longer issue Chuck Lever orabug 5580407 bz 219412 - fix enomem due to larger mtu size page alloc Zach Brown orabug 5486128 - fix percpu api bugon with rds Zach...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel is the core of the operating system. These updated kernel...