SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 1900)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - A race condition allows local users to gain root privileges by changing the file mode of /proc/self/ files in a way that causes those files for instance /proc/self/environ to become setuid root. 192688. CVE-2006-3626 - A stack-based...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7015)

This update fixes a several security issues and various bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP 2 kernel. The bugs fixed include a serious data corruption regression in NFS. The following security issues were fixed : - drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 driver in the Linux kernel does not properly...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7665)

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel fixes several security issues and bugs. The following security issues were fixed : - The dccprcvstateprocess function in net/dccp/input.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCCP implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

SuSE 10 Security Update : the Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7164)

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel fixes several critical security issues. The following security issues were fixed : - Incorrect buffer handling in the biarch-compat buffer handling could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges. This problem affects foremos...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: kernel-3.3.5-2.fc16

The kernel package contains the Linux kernel vmlinuz, the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.3.4-4.fc17

The kernel package contains the Linux kernel vmlinuz, the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-300.21.1.el6uek - regset: Return -EFAULT, not -EIO, on host-side memory fault H. Peter Anvin CVE-2012-1097 - regset: Prevent null pointer reference on readonly regsets H. Peter Anvin CVE-2012-1097 - cifs: fix dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup Jeff Layton CVE-2012-1090 -...

VMSA-2012-0006 VMware ESXi and ESX address several security issues

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0006 Synopsis: VMware ESXi and ESX address several security issues Issue date: 2012-03-29 Updated on: 2012-03-29 initial advisory C...

VMSA-2012-0006 : VMware Workstation, ESXi, and ESX address several security issues

a. VMware ROM Overwrite Privilege Escalation A flaw in the way port-based I/O is handled allows for modifying Read-Only Memory that belongs to the Virtual DOS Machine. Exploitation of this issue may lead to privilege escalation on Guest Operating Systems that run Windows 2000, Windows XP 32-bit,...

Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.42.12-1.fc15 (2012-3715)

Update to the 3.2.10 stable release, which contains a number of fixes across the kernel. Fixes CVE-2012-1146 Fixes CVE-2012-1179 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clea...

kvm security and bug fix update

kvm-83-249.0.1.el5 - Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch - Added kvm-Introduce-oel-machine-type.patch - modify kversion to fix build failure kvm-83-249.el5 - kvm-kernel-KVM-x86-Prevent-starting-PIT-timers-in-the-absence-o.patch bz770101 - CVE: CVE-2011-4622 - Resolves: bz770101...

[USN-1364-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1364-1 February 13, 2012 linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its...

Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.42.3-2.fc15 (2012-1503)

CVE-2011-4086: jbd2: unmapped buffer with Unwritten or Delay flags set can lead to DoS rhbz 788260 This update rebases the kernel to the newest upstream stable release 3.2.3. As with previous updates, it presents itself as 2.6.xx still, for compatibility reasons. Note that Tenable Network Securit...

kernel: security and bugfix update. (important)

The openSUSE 11.4 kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2011-4604: If root does read on a specific socket, it's possible to corrupt kernel memory over network, with an ICMP packet, if the B.A.T.M.A.N. mesh protocol is used. CVE-2011-269...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux Kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 5723 / 5725)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 kernel has been updated to 2.6.32.54, fixing numerous bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - A potential hypervisor escape by issuing SGIO commands to partitiondevices was fixed by restricting access to these commands...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: kernel-3.1.9-1.fc16

The kernel package contains the Linux kernel vmlinuz, the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: The Linux kernel before 3.2.2 does not properly restrict SGIO ioctl calls, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on disk read and write operations by sending a SCSI command to 1 a partition block device or 2 an LVM volume. Affected Packages: kernel Issue...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7516)

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel fixes several security issues and bugs. The following security issues were fixed : - The code for evaluating LDM partitions in fs/partitions/ldm.c contained bugs that could crash the kernel for certain corrupted LDM partitions...

Fedora 15 : kernel-2.6.41.4-1.fc15 (2011-16621)

Update from kernel 3.1.1 to 3.1.4 : - http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3. 1.4 - http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog- 3.1.3 - http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog- 3.1.2 Additional changes : - Fix virtualbox: use a different method to fake...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1479-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...