SUSE CVE-2009-2848

The execve function in the Linux kernel, possibly 2.6.30-rc6 and earlier, does not properly clear the current-clearchildtid pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption or possibly gain privileges via a clone system call with CLONECHILDSETTID or...

Null pointer dereference

The doexit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNELDS getfs value, which allows local users to bypass intended accessok restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, and gain privileges by leveraging a 1 BUG, 2 NULL pointer...

CVE-2010-4258

The doexit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNELDS getfs value, which allows local users to bypass intended accessok restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, and gain privileges by leveraging a 1 BUG, 2 NULL pointer...

kernel: execve: must clear current->clear_child_tid

The execve function in the Linux kernel, possibly 2.6.30-rc6 and earlier, does not properly clear the current-clearchildtid pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption or possibly gain privileges via a clone system call with CLONECHILDSETTID or...

kernel: execve: must clear current->clear_child_tid

The execve function in the Linux kernel, possibly 2.6.30-rc6 and earlier, does not properly clear the current-clearchildtid pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption or possibly gain privileges via a clone system call with CLONECHILDSETTID or...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Updated 21st July 2010 Added links to KBase articles expanding on three...