Linux kernel fs/jfs/xattr.c ea_get() Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the eaget function in the fs/jfs/xattr.c component of the Linux kernel involves reading data from beyond the allowable buffer size. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to access confidential data and also cause service failures...

USN-1074-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2009-4895 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the MOVEEXT ext4 ioctl did not correctly check file permissions. A local attacker could overwrite append-only...