Denial Of Service (DoS)

The kernel-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: A memory leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled resource clean up in the mmap failure path when the MAPHUGETLB flag was set...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: 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 t...

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - epoll Nested Structures Local Denial of Service

Linux Kernel 2.6.x - epoll Nested Structures Local Denial of Service / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46630/info The Linux Kernel epoll Subsystem is prone to multiple local denial-of-service vulnerabilities. Successful exploits will allow attackers to cause the kernel to hang, denying...