Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for the following security issues: iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw i...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for the following security issues: iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw i...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for several security issues: Petr Vandrovec discovered a flaw in the 32bit emulation code...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This update includes fixes for several security issues: A missing serialization flaw in unixdgramrecvmsg was discovered...

Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 (2004-451)

This update brings an updated -ac patch which which adds several security fixes, and various other fixes that have occurred since the release of Fedora Core 3. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has...

Linux Kernel (<= 2.4.27 2.6.8) binfmt_elf Executable File Read Exploit

No description provided by source. / binfmtelf executable file read vulnerability gcc -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer elfdump.c -o elfdump Copyright c 2004 iSEC Security Research. All Rights Reserved. THIS PROGRAM IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. COPYING,...

CVE-2002-1319

The Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier, and 2.5.x, when running on x86 systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service hang via the emulation mode, which does not properly clear TF and NT EFLAGs...

[ GLSA 200408-24 ] Linux Kernel: Multiple information leaks

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RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:413)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered flaws in the Linux kernel when handling file offset pointers. These consist of invalid conversio...

Linux Kernel File Offset Pointer Handling Memory Disclosure Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits =================================================================== Linux Kernel File Offset Pointer Handling Memory Disclosure Exploit =================================================================== / CAN-2004-0415 / gcc -O3 prockmemdump....

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix potential information leaks and a incorrect driver permission for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Paul Starzetz discovered flaws in the Linux kernel when handling file offset...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2004:001)

A flaw in bounds checking in mremap in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.23 and previous was discovered by Paul Starzetz. This flaw may be used to allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege. Another minor information leak in the RTC real time clock routines was fixed as well. All Mandrake Linux...

Fedora Core 1 : kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl (2004-080)

The previous security errata 2.4.22-1.2173 unfortunately contained a bug which made some systems unbootable, due to breakage in the aacraid scsi driver. This update contains no further changes vs 2173. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from...

Fedora Core 1 : kernel-2.4.22-1.2197.nptl (2004-206)

During an audit of the Linux kernel, SUSE discovered a flaw that allowed a user to make unauthorized changes to the group ID of files in certain circumstances. In the 2.4 kernel, as shipped with Fedora Core 1, the only way this could happen is through the kernel nfs server. A user on a system tha...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2004:044)

Updated kernel packages are now available that fix a few security issues, an NFS performance issue, and an e1000 driver loading issue introduced in Update 3. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. Alan Cox found issues in the R128 Direct Render Infrastructure that...

RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2003:408)

Updated kernel packages that address various security vulnerabilities, fix a number of bugs, and update various drivers are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable...

RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2004:255)

Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 that fix security vulnerabilities are now available. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6 for x86 and x8664 that allowed local users to cause a denial of...

kernel security updates

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix security issues. Also available are new kernel modules packages including alsa-driver, and a new version of the hotplug package for Slackware 9.1 containing some fixes for using 2.4.26 and 2.6.x kernel modules. The most serio...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated IA64 kernel packages are now available that fix a security vulnerability which may allow local users to gain root privileges and other vulnerabilities. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This kernel updates several important drivers and fixes a number of...

CVE-2003-1040

kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service crash by sending certain signals to kmod...