openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:0540-1)

This kernel update fixes various bugs and security issues. For bugfixes, - a lot of BTRFS bugs were fixed - a performance issue with transparent huge pages was fixed which could have caused huge slowdowns when doing I/O over e.g. USB sticks. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Th...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2025)

Description of changes: CVE-2012-2745: Denial-of-service in kernel key management. A potential double-free of the replacement session keyring on fork could result in a denial-of-service by a local, unprivileged user. CVE-2011-1083: Algorithmic denial of service in epoll. A flaw was found in the w...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0862)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0862 advisory. - security fix compile error in commoncap.c Eric Paris 806726 CVE-2012-2123 - security fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 6227 / 6229 / 6230)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 kernel has been updated to the 2.6.32.59 stable release to fix a lot of bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - A use after free bug in hugetlb support could be used by local attackers to crash the system. CVE-2012-2133 - A NULL...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:1129)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1129 advisory. - kernel: excessive in kernel CPU consumption when creating large nested epoll structures CVE-2011-1083 - kernel: netfilter: null pointer...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0862 centos6

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:1061 centos5

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CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0862 centos6

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RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:1061-01

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CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2012:1061)

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severi...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2012:1061)

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severi...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2012:0862)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues, address several hundred bugs and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6. This is the third regular update. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Event Poll epoll subsystem handled large, nested epoll structures. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. A malicious Network File System version 4 NFSv4 server could return a crafted reply to a...

RedHat Update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel RHSA-2012:0862-04

Check for the Version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel RHSA-2012:0862-04 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software;...

RHEL 6 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel (RHSA-2012:0862)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0862 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: A fla...

Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2012-7594

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Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2012-6406

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SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1 Security update for Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 Teradata kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2011-1083: Limit the path length users can build using epoll to avoid local attackers consuming lots of kernel CPU time. CVE-2011-4086: Fixed a oops in jbd/jbd2...

Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2012-3356

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2012-3356 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 kernel update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. This is the eighth regular update. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated...