kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2011:1386 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Commo...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1386 centos5 i386

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kernel: gro: only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled

The skbgroheaderslow function in include/linux/netdevice.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4, when Generic Receive Offload GRO is enabled, resets certain fields in incorrect situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via crafted network traffic...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores,...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1350)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1350 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: Flaws...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues, various bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, whi...

kernel: gro: only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled

The skbgroheaderslow function in include/linux/netdevice.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4, when Generic Receive Offload GRO is enabled, resets certain fields in incorrect situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via crafted network traffic...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-131.17.1.el6 - Revert: net ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable Jiri Pirko 723432 723433 CVE-2011-2699 2.6.32-131.16.1.el6 - net brmulticast: Ensure to initialize BRINPUTSKBCBskb-mroutersonly. Frantisek Hrbata 739477 738110 2.6.32-131.15.1.el6 - rebuild 2.6.32-131.14.1.el6 ...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, whic...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2303-2] New linux-2.6 packages fix regression

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2303-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Dann Frazier September 10, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

kernel: gro: reset dev and skb_iff on skb reuse

The napireuseskb function in net/core/dev.c in the Generic Receive Offload GRO implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not reset the values of certain structure members, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via a malformed VLAN fra...

kernel: net: Fix memory leak/corruption on VLAN GRO_DROP

The Generic Receive Offload GRO implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization RHEV Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN...

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

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.0. 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...

Debian DSA-2303-2 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2011-1020 Kees Cook discovered an issue in the /proc filesystem that allows loc...

DSA-2303-1 linux-2.6 - several issues

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PT-2011-4044 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39.4 Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via crafted network traffic. This is due to the skb gro header slow function resetting certain fields in incorrec...

CVE-2011-2723

The skbgroheaderslow function in include/linux/netdevice.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4, when Generic Receive Offload GRO is enabled, resets certain fields in incorrect situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via crafted network traffic...

CVE-2011-1576

The Generic Receive Offload GRO implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization RHEV Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN...

Memory corruption

The Generic Receive Offload GRO implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization RHEV Hypervisor and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted VLAN...

CVE-2011-1576

CVE-2011-1576 affects the Linux kernel GRO offload path (napi_reuse_skb) used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel 2.6.18) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel 2.6.32) as deployed in RHEV Hypervisor. The advisory notes that remote attackers can trigger VLAN-packet processing to cause a denial ...