kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.18-164.11.1.0.1.el5 - xen check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change Chuck Anderson orabug 7556514 - Add entropy support to igb John Sobecki orabug 7607479 - nfs convert ENETUNREACH to ENOTCONN orabug 7689332 - NET Add xen pv/bonding netconsole support Tina yang orabug...

kernel: create_elf_tables can leave urandom in a bad state

Use-after-free vulnerability in the fasynchelper function in fs/fcntl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4-git1 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors that include enabling OASYNC aka FASYNC or FIOASYNC on a locked file, and then closing this file...

CVE-2009-4141

Use-after-free vulnerability in the fasynchelper function in fs/fcntl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4-git1 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors that include enabling OASYNC aka FASYNC or FIOASYNC on a locked file, and then closing this file...

PT-2010-1326 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.33-rc4-git1 Description: The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the fasync helper function, located in fs/fcntl.c. This vulnerability can be exploited by local users to gain privileges. Th...

CVE-2005-3807

Memory leak in the VFS file lease handling in locks.c in Linux kernels 2.6.10 to 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service memory exhaustion via certain Samba activities that cause an fasync entry to be re-allocated by the fcntlsetlease function after the fasync queue has already bee...