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

This update fixes the following security issues : - A missing boundary check was found in the dvbcaioctl function in the Linux kernel's av7110 module. On systems that use old DVB cards that require the av7110 module, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or...

USN-1187-1: Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that KVM did not correctly initialize certain CPU registers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3698 Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-maverick vulnerabilities (USN-1187-1)

It was discovered that KVM did not correctly initialize certain CPU registers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3698 Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could...

USN-1164-1 : linux-fsl-imx51 vulnerabilities

Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system or possibly execute arbitrary code as the root user. CVE-2010-3865 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the CAN protocol on 64bit systems did not correctly...

USN-1164-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (i.MX51)

Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system or possibly execute arbitrary code as the root user. CVE-2010-3865 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel X.25 implementation incorrectly...

Oracle Linux 6 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security fix update

2.6.32-100.28.11.el6 - fs/partitions: Validate mapcount in Mac partition tables CVE-2011-1010 - nfs4: Ensure that ACL pages sent over NFS were not allocated from the slab v3 CVE-2011-1090 2.6.32-100.28.10.el6 - Use cciss for some Smart Array controller for OL5 orabug 11899706 - CVEs from...

USN-1080-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system or possibly execute arbitrary code as the root user. CVE-2010-3865 Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that the Linux kernel X.25 implementation did not...

Ubuntu 10.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1081-1)

It was discovered that KVM did not correctly initialize certain CPU registers. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-3698 Thomas Pollet discovered that the RDS network protocol did not check certain iovec buffers. A local attacker could...

Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2011:029 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2011:029 kernel 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 under t...

Linux Kernel 'install_special_mapping()'本地安全绕过漏洞

Bugtraq ID: 45323 CNCAN ID：CNCAN-2010121406 Linux是一款开放源代码的操作系统。 installspecialmapping函数如用于设置vdso在insertvmstruct之前没有执行某些安全检查，允许本地攻击者通过限制某些映射的可用页绕过mmapminaddr安全限制。 Linux kernel 2.6.37 Linux kernel 2.6.36 Linux kernel 2.6.35 Linux kernel 2.6.35 Linux kernel 2.6.35 Linux kernel 2.6.34 Linux kernel...

CVE-2008-3527: Undefined Security Weakness

arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects vDSO implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 does not properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the installspecialmapping,...