CVE-2005-1589

The pktioctl function in the pktcdvd block device ioctl handler pktcdvd.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12-rc4 and earlier calls the wrong function before passing an ioctl to the block device, which crosses security boundaries by making kernel address space accessible from user space and allows local users...

(RHSA-2003:147) kernel security update

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Two potential data corruption scenarios have been identified. These scenarios can occur under heavy, complex I/O loads. The first scenario only occurs while performing memory mapped file I/O, where the file is simultaneously...

CVE-1999-0703

OpenBSD, BSDI, and other Unix operating systems allow users to set chflags and fchflags on character and block devices...