Code injection

The iwlsetrate function in compatible/iwl3945-base.c in iwlwifi 1.1.21 and earlier dereferences an iwlgethwmode return value without checking for NULL, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service kernel panic via unspecified vectors during module initialization...

Debian DSA-580-1 : iptables - missing initialisation

Faheem Mitha noticed that the iptables command, an administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT, did not always load the required modules on its own as it was supposed to. This could lead to firewall rules not being loaded on system startup. This caused a failure in connection with rules...