USN-1168-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Timo Warns discovered that the LDM disk partition handling code did not correctly handle certain values. By inserting a specially crafted disk device, a local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges. CVE-2011-1017 Neil Horman discovered that NFSv4 did not correctly handle certain orde...

Ubuntu 11.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1167-1)

Aristide Fattori and Roberto Paleari reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of IPv4 icmp packets. A remote user could exploit this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-1927 Goldwyn Rodrigues discovered that the OCFS2 filesystem did not correctly clear memory when writing certain file...

USN-1162-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)

Brad Spengler discovered that the kernel did not correctly account for userspace memory allocations during exec calls. A local attacker could exploit this to consume all system memory, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4243 Alexander Duyck discovered that the Intel Gigabit Ethernet driver...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-1111-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered multiple flaws in the X.25 facilities parsing. If a system was using X.25, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-4164 Vegard Nossum discovered that memory garbage collection was not handled correctly for active...

USN-1146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Kees Cook discovered that some ethtool functions did not correctly clear heap memory. A local attacker with CAPNETADMIN privileges could exploit this to read portions of kernel heap memory, leading to a loss of privacy. CVE-2010-4655 Kees Cook discovered that the IOWarrior USB device driver did n...

Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15 USN-1111-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1111-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11111.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15 USN-1111-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

[USN-1111-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1111-1 May 05, 2011 linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its...