SUSE CVE-2010-4157

Integer overflow in the iocgeneral function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.1 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large argument in an ioctl call...

Privilege Escalation

kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. Missing sanity checks were found in gdthioctlalloc in the gdth driver in the Linux kernel. A local user with access to "/dev/gdth" on a 64-bit system could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

The kernel is vulnerable to Denial Of Service DoS. An array index error was found in the gdth driver. A local user could send a specially-crafted IOCTL request that would cause a denial of service or, possibly, privilege escalation...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0004-1)

The openSUSE 11.3 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2010-4347: A local user could inject ACPI code into the kernel via the world-writable 'customdebug' file, allowing local privilege escalation. CVE-2010-4258: A local attack...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0046)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0046 advisory. - firewire ohci: handle receive packets with zero data Jay Fenlason 547241 547242 CVE-2009-4138 - fs respect flag in docoredump Danny Feng 544188 54418...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following security issues : - A flaw was found in sctppacketconfig in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol SCTP implementation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2010-3432, Important - A missing integer overflow check...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following security issues : - A heap overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Transparent Inter-Process Communication protocol TIPC implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-3859, Important - Missing sanity...

SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux Kernel (x86_64) (ZYPP Patch Number 6730)

This update fixes a several security issues and various bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP 2 kernel. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2009-3939: A sysctl variable of the megaraidsas driver was worldwriteable, allowing local users to cause a denial of service or potential code...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:0004 centos5 i386

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:0004 centos5 i386

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:0004 centos5 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it und...

kernel: gdth: integer overflow in ioc_general()

Integer overflow in the iocgeneral function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.1 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large argument in an ioctl call...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:0004-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

kernel: gdth: integer overflow in ioc_general()

Integer overflow in the iocgeneral function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.1 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large argument in an ioctl call...

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

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.3. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:034-1 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:034-1 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under...

kernel: gdth: Prevent negative offsets in ioctl

Array index error in the gdthreadevent function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via a negative event index in an IOCTL request...

SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:005

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2010:005 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms ...

kernel: gdth: Prevent negative offsets in ioctl

Array index error in the gdthreadevent function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via a negative event index in an IOCTL request...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (kernel-1749)

The openSUSE 11.1 Kernel was updated to 2.6.27.42 fixing various bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2009-4536: A underflow in the e1000 jumbo ethernet frame handling could be use by link-local remote attackers to crash the machine or potentially execute code in...