PT-2011-2914 · Linux +2 · Linux Kernel +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.38 Description: The issue is related to the osf partition function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly handle an invalid number of partitions. This might allow local users to obtain potentially...

kernel: heap contents leak for CAP_NET_ADMIN via ethtool ioctl

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

kernel: heap contents leak for CAP_NET_ADMIN via ethtool ioctl

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

kernel: heap contents leak for CAP_NET_ADMIN via ethtool ioctl

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

PT-2011-1619 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36 Description: The issue allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory. This is possible by leveraging the CAP NET ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call, due to...

CVE-2010-4655

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call...

Integer overflow

Integer underflow in the irdagetsockopt function in net/irda/afirda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 on platforms other than x86 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMPENUMDEVICES getsockopt call...

CVE-2010-4529

Integer underflow in the irdagetsockopt function in net/irda/afirda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 on platforms other than x86 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMPENUMDEVICES getsockopt call...

kernel: wireless: fix 64K kernel heap content leak via ioctl

The cfg80211wextgiwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctlstandardiwpoint function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, an...

CVE-2010-2955

The cfg80211wextgiwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctlstandardiwpoint function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, an...

CVE-2010-2955

The cfg80211wextgiwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctlstandardiwpoint function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, an...

CVE-2010-2955

The CVE-2010-2955 issue affects the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831, specifically the cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c, which fails to initialize certain structure members. This enables a local attacker to exploit an off-by-one error in ioctl_standard_iw_...

UBUNTU-CVE-2010-2955

The cfg80211wextgiwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctlstandardiwpoint function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, an...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (kernel-111)

The openSUSE 11.0 kernel was updated to 2.6.25.11. It fixes following security problems: CVE-2008-2812: Various tty / serial devices did not check functionpointers for NULL before calling them, leading to potential crashes or code execution. The devices affected are usually only accessible by the...

Mailslot bug (MS06-035) vs non-Mailslot bug (CVE-2006-3942)

Mailslot bug MS06-035 vs. non-Mailslot bugMS0?-???/CVE-2006-3942 This is the story of a yet unpatched bug which is not a 0-day. Time line: 2006-07-12 - MS06-035 Published by Microsoft 1 2006-07-12 - "Windows Mailslot MS06-035 DoS" module released to IMPACT customers 2006-07-13 - We realized too...