Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-966-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-966-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN9661.nasl 7965 2017-12-01 07:38:25Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-966-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

CVE-2008-7256

CVE-2008-7256 affects the Linux kernel’s mm/shmem.c prior to 2.6.28-rc8 when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled. The vulnerability arises in how knfsd exports shmemfs objects, allowing a denial of service via NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash, with possible other ...

CVE-2008-7256

mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8, when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIGSECURITY is disabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash or possibly have...