kernel: bug in GFS/GFS2 locking code leads to dos

The gfs2lock function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc1-next-20100312, and the gfslock function in the Linux kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5 and 6, does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a...

kernel: bug in GFS/GFS2 locking code leads to dos

The gfs2lock function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc1-next-20100312, and the gfslock function in the Linux kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5 and 6, does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a...

kernel: bug in GFS/GFS2 locking code leads to dos

The gfs2lock function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc1-next-20100312, and the gfslock function in the Linux kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5 and 6, does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a...

CVE-2007-6733

The nfslock function in fs/nfs/file.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a denial of service BUG and system crash by locking a file on an NFS filesystem and then changing this...

Sql injection

The nfslock function in fs/nfs/file.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a denial of service BUG and system crash by locking a file on an NFS filesystem and then changing this...

CVE-2007-6733

The nfslock function in fs/nfs/file.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a denial of service BUG and system crash by locking a file on an NFS filesystem and then changing this...

Code injection

The gfs2lock function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc1-next-20100312, and the gfslock function in the Linux kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5 and 6, does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a...

CVE-2010-0727

The gfs2lock function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc1-next-20100312, and the gfslock function in the Linux kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5 and 6, does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a...

CVE-2010-0727

CVE-2010-0727 affects the Linux kernel: the gfs2_lock (and on RHEL 5/6 gfs_lock) fails to properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission. This allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service or system crash by locking a file on a GFS or GFS2 filesyste...

CVE-2010-0727

The gfs2lock function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc1-next-20100312, and the gfslock function in the Linux kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5 and 6, does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid without group-execute permission, which allows local users to cause a...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2008:0275)

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux...

The Difficulty of Un-Authentication

By Bruce Schneier In computer security, a lot of effort is spent on the authentication problem. Whether it’s passwords, secure tokens, secret questions, image mnemonics, or something else, engineers are continually coming up with more complicated — and hopefully more secure — ways for you to prov...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux...

Kernel BUG() in locks_remove_flock

Race condition in the dosetlk function in fs/nfs/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service crash via vectors resulting in an interrupted RPC call that leads to a stray FLPOSIX lock, related to improper handling of a race between fcntl and close in th...

New ransomware locks PCs, demands premium SMS for removal

From ZDNet Dancho Danchev PandaLabs is reporting on a newly discovered ransomware variant pandasecurity.comwhich locks the affected user’s PC, and demands a premium SMS in order to deactivate it. The ransomware doesn’t have any self-propagation functions and appears to be coming under the form of...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux...

kernel: add rcu_read_lock() to fcheck() in both dnotify, locks.c and fix fcntl store/load race in locks.c

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to 1 execute code in parallel or 2 exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."...

kernel: add rcu_read_lock() to fcheck() in both dnotify, locks.c and fix fcntl store/load race in locks.c

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to 1 execute code in parallel or 2 exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."...

Microsoft Windows Vista/2003/XP/2000 file management security issues

Title: Microsoft Windows Vista/2003/XP/2000 file management security issues Author: 3APA3A, http://securityvulns.com/ Vendor: Microsoft and potentially another vendors Products: Microsoft Windows Vista/2003/XP/2000, Microsoft resource kit for Windows 2000 and different utilities. Access Vector:...

security flaw

The timeoutleases function in locks.c for Linux kernel before 2.6.15-rc3 allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel log message consumption by causing a large number of broken leases, which is recorded to the log using the printk function...