kernel: security and bugfix update (important)

This kernel update to 3.4.11 fixes various bugs and security issues. The changes up to 3.4.11 contain both security and bugfixes and are not explicitly listed here. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2012-3520: Force passing credentials, otherwise local services could be fooled to assume...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:1304)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1304 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: An...

kernel: drm/i915: integer overflow in i915_gem_do_execbuffer()

Integer overflow in the i915gemdoexecbuffer function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915gemexecbuffer.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds write or possibly have unspecified othe...

MatrixDAR - First Military Grade Encryption for Android

AuthenTec, a leading provider of mobile and network security, today introduced a new security offering that provides military-grade encryption to data stored on today's Android smartphones and tablets without sacrificing device performance. AuthenTec's MatrixDARTM for Android meets the stringent...

Oracle Linux 6 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update

2.6.32-279.el6 - netdrv mlx4: ignore old module parameters Jay Fenlason 830553 2.6.32-278.el6 - kernel sysctl: silence warning about missing strategy for file-max at boot time Jeff Layton 803431 - net sunrpc: make new tcpmaxslottableentries sysctl use CTLUNNUMBERED Jeff Layton 803431 - drm i915:...

kernel: drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl()

Integer overflow in the drmmodedirtyfbioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drmcrtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted ioctl call...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-220.23.1.el6 - net bond: Make LRO flag follow slave settings Neil Horman 831176 794647 2.6.32-220.22.1.el6 - net ipv4/netfilter: TCP and raw fix for iproutemeharder Jiri Benc 824429 812108 2.6.32-220.21.1.el6 - security fix compile error in commoncap.c Eric Paris 806725 806726 CVE-2012-212...

CVE-2012-2383

Integer overflow in the i915gemexecbuffer2 function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915gemexecbuffer.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds write or possibly have unspecified other...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2383

Integer overflow in the i915gemexecbuffer2 function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915gemexecbuffer.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds write or possibly have unspecified other...

CVE-2012-0044

Integer overflow in the drmmodedirtyfbioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drmcrtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted ioctl call...

CVE-2012-0044

CVE-2012-0044 is an integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() within Linux kernel drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c, vulnerable before 3.1.5. The flaw allows local users to gain privileges or trigger memory corruption/DoS via a crafted ioctl. Public sources (including MiracleLinux AXSA-2012-646:05) c...

CVE-2012-0044

Integer overflow in the drmmodedirtyfbioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drmcrtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted ioctl call...

Fedora 17 : kernel-3.3.4-4.fc17 (2012-7362)

this update resolves an important security issue in the dl2k driver, and Fixes an issue with the radeon DRM driver in EFI mode. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-220.13.1.el6 - Revert: fs NFSv4: include bitmap in nfsv4 get acl data Sachin Prabhu 753231 753232 CVE-2011-4131 2.6.32-220.12.1.el6 - net netsched: qdiscallochandle can be too slow Jiri Pirko 805458 785891 - fs procfs: add hidepid= and gid= mount options Jerome Marchand 770651 770652 - fs...

CVE-2012-0044

Integer overflow in the drmmodedirtyfbioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drmcrtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted ioctl call...

PT-2012-2262 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.1.5 Description: The issue is related to an integer overflow in the drm mode dirtyfb ioctl function, which can be exploited by local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service due to memory...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-0044

Integer overflow in the drmmodedirtyfbioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drmcrtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted ioctl call...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-220.2.1.el6 - dm fixing test for NULL pointer testing Paolo Bonzini 752379 752380 CVE-2011-4127 2.6.32-220.1.1.el6 - dm do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the underlying device Paolo Bonzini 752379 752380 CVE-2011-4127 - block fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices...

From Sony's DRM Rootkit to CarrierIQ: Why Commercial Rootkits Make Us So Mad

The half life of the CarrierIQ “rootkit” scandal proved to be a little more than a week. That’s about how long it took for Trevor Eckhart, a young, Connecticut-based Android developer to begin raising questions about some stealth software he discovered running on Android phones by HTC and...

USN-1204-1: Linux kernel (i.MX51) vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel TIPC implementation contained multiple integer signedness errors. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3859 Dan Rosenberg discovered that multiple terminal ioctls did not correctly initialize structure memory. A local...