openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0004-1)

The openSUSE 11.3 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2010-4347: A local user could inject ACPI code into the kernel via the world-writable 'customdebug' file, allowing local privilege escalation. CVE-2010-4258: A local attack...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1083-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2011:002

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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...

USN-1041-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Louis Rilling and Matthieu Fertré reported a use after free error in the Linux kernel's futexwait function. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain privileges via a specially crafted application. CVE-2014-0205 Ben Hawkes discovered that the...

CVE-2010-3861

CVE-2010-3861 affects the Linux kernel up to version 2.6.36. The vulnerability arises in the ethtool_get_rxnfc function in net/core/ethtool.c, which fails to initialize a certain block of heap memory. This can allow a local user to obtain potentially sensitive information via an ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLA...