kernel: bpf: Support for hardening against JIT spraying

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Berkeley Packet Filter BPF Just-In-Time JIT compiler. The BPF JIT allocator reuses memory space, and when new code is written, an indirect jump into the new program can reuse a branch prediction left behind by an old program. This could allow an attacker to...

CVE-2008-4279

The CPU hardware emulation for 64-bit guest operating systems in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488 and 5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000; Player 2.0.x before 2.0.5 build 109488 and 1.x before 1.0.8; Server 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108231; and ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5 allows authenticated...