SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 6641 / 6643 / 6648)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel was updated to 3.0.38, fixing various bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - Several buffer overread and overwrite errors in the UDF logical volume descriptor code have been fixed that might have have allowed local...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3375

The epollctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLLCTLADD operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service file-descriptor consumption and system crash via a crafted application that attempts to create a...

CVE-2012-3375

The epollctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLLCTLADD operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service file-descriptor consumption and system crash via a crafted application that attempts to create a...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1539-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1539-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15391.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1539-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities (USN-1539-1)

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's network TUN/TAP device implementation. A local user with access to the TUN/TAP interface which is not available to unprivileged users until granted by a root user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or potential gain administrative privileges...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1529-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1529-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1529-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15291.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1529-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1514-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1514-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15141.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1514-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1532-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1532-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15321.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1532-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1529-1)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's macvtap device driver, which is used in KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine to create a network bridge between host and guest. A privleged user in a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the host, if the vhostnet module is loaded with the...

[USN-1529-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1529-1 August 10, 2012 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

USN-1532-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's network TUN/TAP device implementation. A local user with access to the TUN/TAP interface which is not available to unprivileged users until granted by a root user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or potential gain administrative privileges...

USN-1532-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's network TUN/TAP device implementation. A local user with access to the TUN/TAP interface which is not available to unprivileged users until granted by a root user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or potential gain administrative privileges...

USN-1529-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's macvtap device driver, which is used in KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine to create a network bridge between host and guest. A privleged user in a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the host, if the vhostnet module is loaded with the...

USN-1514-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's macvtap device driver, which is used in KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine to create a network bridge between host and guest. A privleged user in a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the host, if the vhostnet module is loaded with the...

kernel: epoll: can leak file descriptors when returning -ELOOP

The epollctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLLCTLADD operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service file-descriptor consumption and system crash via a crafted application that attempts to create a...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix two security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.1. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

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

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the Linux kernel's Management Module Support for Message Passing Technology MPT based controllers. A local,...

kernel: excessive in kernel CPU consumption when creating large nested epoll structures

The epoll implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37.2 and earlier does not properly traverse a tree of epoll file descriptors, which allows local users to cause a denial of service CPU consumption via a crafted application that makes epollcreate and epollctl system calls...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security update

2.6.32-300.29.2 - epoll: epollwait should not use timespecaddns Eric Dumazet - epoll: clear the tfilechecklist on -ELOOP Joe Jin CVE-2012-3375 - Don't limit non-nested epoll paths Jason Baron - epoll: kabi fixups for epoll limit wakeup paths Joe Jin CVE-2011-1083 - epoll: limit paths Jason Baron...