CVE-2011-4621

The CVE-2011-4621 entry concerns the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.37, where a clock-update optimization is flawed, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (system hang) by running code in a loop. Affected software is the Linux kernel up to version before 2.6.37; the description does not s...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1849)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1849 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security fix: Using the SGIO IOCTL to issue SCSI...

Ubuntu 10.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1081-1)

It was discovered that KVM did not correctly initialize certain CPU registers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3698 Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could...