USN-103-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathieu Lafon discovered an information leak in the ext2 file system driver. When a new directory was created, the ext2 block written to disk was not initialized, so that previous memory contents which could contain sensitive data like passwords became visible on the raw device. This is...

security flaw

The binfmtelf loader binfmtelf.c in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, may create an interpreter name string that is not NULL terminated, which could cause strings longer than PATHMAX to be used, leading to buffer overflows that allow local users to cause a denial of service...

Linux ELF loader vulnerabilities

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Synopsis: Linux kernel binfmtelf loader vulnerabilities Product: Linux kernel Version: 2.4 up to to and including 2.4.27, 2.6 up to to and including 2.6.8 Vendor: http://www.kernel.org/ URL: http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmtelf.txt CVE:...

Linux Kernel 2.4.22 - do_brk() Local Privilege Escalation (1)

Linux Kernel 2.4.22 - dobrk Local Privilege Escalation 1 ; E-DB Note: Updated Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/131/ ; ; Christophe Devine devine at cr0.net and Julien Tinnes julien at cr0.org ; ; This exploit uses sysbrk directly to expand his break and doesn't rely ; on the ELF loader...