Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A missing validation flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mstop implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120110)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system implementation handled links with overly long path names. A local, unprivileged...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2012:0007)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores,...