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USN-1574-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel passed the replacement session keyring to a child process. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service panic. CVE-2012-2745 Ben Hutchings reported a flaw in the Linux kernel with some network drivers that support TSO TCP...
USN-1562-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerability
Some errors where discovered in the Linux kernel's UDF file system, which is used to mount some CD-ROMs and DVDs. An unprivileged local user could use these flaws to crash the system...
USN-1538-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's network TUN/TAP device implementation. A local user with access to the TUN/TAP interface which is not available to unprivileged users until granted by a root user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or potential gain administrative privileges...
USN-1490-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
Stephan Mueller reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's dl2k network driver's handling of ioctls. An unprivileged local user could leverage this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2012-2313 Timo Warns reported multiple flaws in the Linux kernel's hfsplus filesystem. An unprivileged local user...
USN-1386-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
The linux kernel did not properly account for PTE pages when deciding which task to kill in out of memory conditions. A local, unprivileged could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-2498 A flaw was discovered in the TOMOYO LSM's handling of mount system calls. An unprivileged...
USN-1301-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or gain root privileges. CVE-2011-4077 Nick Bowler discovered the kernel GHASH message digest algorithm incorrectly handled error conditions...