Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1141-1)

Brad Spengler discovered that the kernel did not correctly account for userspace memory allocations during exec calls. A local attacker could exploit this to consume all system memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4243 Alexander Duyck discovered that the Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver...

USN-1146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Kees Cook discovered that some ethtool functions did not correctly clear heap memory. A local attacker with CAPNETADMIN privileges could exploit this to read portions of kernel heap memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4655 Kees Cook discovered that the IOWarrior USB device driver did n...