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-2013-3228: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The irdarecvmsgdgram function in net/irda/afirda.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

CVE-2010-2954: NULL Pointer Dereference

The irdabind function in net/irda/afirda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100901 does not properly handle failure of the irdaopentsap function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and panic and possibly have unspecified other impact via...