kernel: panic when submitting certain 0-length I/O requests

The blkrqmapuseriov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service panic via a zero-length I/O request in a device ioctl to a SCSI device...

OS X 10.6.5 kernel crash upon wlan roaming with disabled mandatory MCS

During the buildup at the CCC 27c3 congress in Berlin we noticed several Apple Macbooks kernel paniced while connected to the wireless network. We identified the cause of this issue and we are able to reproduce this as well. It seems to be limited to the aluminum unibody Macbooks, running OS X...

Apple Mac OS X WiFi DoS

System kernel panicin network with disabled mcs...

kvm security update

kvm-83-164.0.1.el55.25 - Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch - Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch kvm-83-164.el55.25 - Adding loadgsindex to kmod symbol greylist - Related: bz639886 CVE-2010-3698 kvm: invalid selector in fs/gs causes kernel panic rhel-5.5.z...

RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2010:0936)

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

CVE-2010-4210

The pfsgetextattr function in FreeBSD 7.x before 7.3-RELEASE and 8.x before 8.0-RC1 unlocks a mutex that was not previously locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel panic, overwrite arbitrary memory locations, and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to...

Design/Logic Flaw

The pfsgetextattr function in FreeBSD 7.x before 7.3-RELEASE and 8.x before 8.0-RC1 unlocks a mutex that was not previously locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel panic, overwrite arbitrary memory locations, and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to...

CVE-2010-4210

The CVE-2010-4210 issue affects FreeBSD: pfs_getextattr in pseudofs unlocks a mutex that was not locked. On systems with pseudofs-mounted filesystems and NULL page mapping allowed, an attacker can overwrite kernel memory and potentially execute code in the kernel; on systems without NULL page map...

CVE-2010-4210

Removed by vendor...

CVE-2010-4210: Improper Locking

The pfsgetextattr function in FreeBSD 7.x before 7.3-RELEASE and 8.x before 8.0-RC1 unlocks a mutex that was not previously locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel panic, overwrite arbitrary memory locations, and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to...

kernel: ipv6: skb is unexpectedly freed

Use-after-free vulnerability in net/ipv4/tcpinput.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.20, when IPV6RECVPKTINFO is set on a listening socket, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service kernel panic via a SYN packet while the socket is in a listening TCPLISTEN state, which is not properl...

kernel panic via futex

include/asm-x86/futex.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 does not properly implement exception fixup, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic via an invalid application that triggers a page fault...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2010:0779 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0779-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0779-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0779-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0779-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2010:0779)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0779 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues:...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2010:0723)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0723 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: A...

FreeBSD 8.17.3 - vm.pmap Local Race Condition

FreeBSD 8.17.3 - vm.pmap Local Race Condition -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 FreeBSD 8.1/7.3 vm.pmap kernel local race condition Author: Maksymilian Arciemowicz http://SecurityReason.com http://lu.cxib.net Date: - - Dis.: 09.07.2010 - - Pub.: 07.09.2010 Affected Software verified: ...

kernel: gfs2: rename causes kernel panic

The gfs2direntfindspace function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and panic and possibly have unspecified other...

kernel: gfs2: rename causes kernel panic

The gfs2direntfindspace function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 uses an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and panic and possibly have unspecified other...