SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 7991 / 7992 / 7994)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel has been updated to 3.0.82 and to fix various bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - The chaseport function in drivers/usb/serial/ioti.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service NUL...

CVE-2013-3227

CVE-2013-3227 affects the Linux kernel. The vulnerability is in the caif_seqpkt_recvmsg function (net/caif/caif_socket.c) where a length variable is not initialized. This can allow a local user to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory through a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system c...