security flaw

The sysaddkey function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, which causes an invalid dereference in the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:086)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Prior to Linux kernel 2.6.16.5, the kernel does not properly handle uncanonical return addresses on Intel EM64T CPUs which causes the kernel exception handler to run on the user stack with the wrong GS...

CVE-2006-1522

The sysaddkey function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, which causes an invalid dereference in the...

CVE-2006-1522

The sysaddkey function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, which causes an invalid dereference in the...

Code injection

The sysaddkey function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, which causes an invalid dereference in the...

CVE-2006-1522

The sysaddkey function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, which causes an invalid dereference in the...

PT-2006-2525 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.17 Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, resulting in an invalid dereference in the keyring search...

CVE-2006-1522: Improper Input Validation

The sysaddkey function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, which causes an invalid dereference in the...

CVE-2006-0457: Undefined Security Weakness

Race condition in the 1 addkey, 2 requestkey, and 3 keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service crash or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies t...

MDKSA-2005:220 - Updated kernel packages fix numerous vulnerabilities

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:220 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ Package : kernel Date : November 30, 2005 Affected: 10.2 Problem Description: Multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux 2.6 kernel have been discovered and corrected in this...