The vulnerability of the dm thin kernel component in the Linux operating system, which allows a hacker to cause a service failure

The vulnerability of the dm thin kernel component in the Linux operating system is related to memory reading beyond the allocated buffer in the getfirstthin function in drivers/md/dm-thin.c. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20141216)

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP implementation handled malformed or duplicate Address Configuration Change Chunks ASCONF. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to crash the system. CVE-2014-3673, CVE-2014-3687, Important - A flaw was found in the way the Linux...

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. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...