SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7164)

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel fixes several critical security issues. The following security issues were fixed : - Incorrect buffer handling in the biarch-compat buffer handling could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges. This problem affects foremos...

CVE-2012-2313

The rioioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.7 does not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG command, which allows local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call...

PT-2012-3944 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.3.7 Description: The issue allows local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call due to the rio ioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c not restricting access to the SIOCSMIIREG...

USN-1433-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

A flaw was found in the Linux's kernels ext4 file system when mounted with a journal. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-4086 Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the...

USN-1431-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was found in the Linux's kernels ext4 file system when mounted with a journal. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-4086 Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the...

Ubuntu 11.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1431-1)

A flaw was found in the Linux's kernels ext4 file system when mounted with a journal. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-4086 Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1426-1)

Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system causing a denial of service. CVE-2011-4347 Stephan Barwolf discovered a flaw in the KVM kernel-based virtual machin...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1405-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1405-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1405-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN14051.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1405-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

USN-1405-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Paolo Bonzini discovered a flaw in Linux's handling of the SGIO ioctl command. A local user, or user in a VM could exploit this flaw to bypass restrictions and gain read/write access to all data on the affected block device. CVE-2011-4127 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system wh...

Ubuntu 11.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1405-1)

Paolo Bonzini discovered a flaw in Linux's handling of the SGIO ioctl command. A local user, or user in a VM could exploit this flaw to bypass restrictions and gain read/write access to all data on the affected block device. CVE-2011-4127 A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system wh...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1389-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1389-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13891.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1389-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1388-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1388-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13881.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1388-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net Th...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1389-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1388-1)

Paolo Bonzini discovered a flaw in Linux's handling of the SGIO ioctl command. A local user, or user in a VM could exploit this flaw to bypass restrictions and gain read/write access to all data on the affected block device. CVE-2011-4127 A flaw was found in KVM's Programmable Interval Timer PIT...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities (USN-1384-1)

A bug was discovered in the Linux kernel's calculation of OOM Out of memory scores, that would result in the wrong process being killed. A user could use this to kill the process with the highest OOM score, even if that process belongs to another user or the system. CVE-2011-4097 Paolo Bonzini...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1389-1)

Paolo Bonzini discovered a flaw in Linux's handling of the SGIO ioctl command. A local user, or user in a VM could exploit this flaw to bypass restrictions and gain read/write access to all data on the affected block device. CVE-2011-4127 A flaw was found in KVM's Programmable Interval Timer PIT...

USN-1389-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Paolo Bonzini discovered a flaw in Linux's handling of the SGIO ioctl command. A local user, or user in a VM could exploit this flaw to bypass restrictions and gain read/write access to all data on the affected block device. CVE-2011-4127 A flaw was found in KVM's Programmable Interval Timer PIT...

USN-1384-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities

A bug was discovered in the Linux kernel's calculation of OOM Out of memory scores, that would result in the wrong process being killed. A user could use this to kill the process with the highest OOM score, even if that process belongs to another user or the system. CVE-2011-4097 Paolo Bonzini...

kernel: possible privilege escalation via SG_IO ioctl

The Linux kernel before 3.2.2 does not properly restrict SGIO ioctl calls, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on disk read and write operations by sending a SCSI command to 1 a partition block device or 2 an LVM volume...