CVE-2010-5329

The CVE-2010-5329 issue affects Linux kernels (video_usercopy in drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c) before 2.6.39. The flaw is that it relies on the count value of a v4l2_ext_controls data structure to determine a kmalloc size, which could allow local users to trigger memory exhaustion (DoS). The ...

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...