USN-263-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was found in the module reference counting for loadable protocol modules of netfilter. By performing particular socket operations, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. This flaw only affects Ubuntu 5.10. CVE-2005-3359 David Howells noticed a race condition in the addkey...

CVE-2006-0555

The Linux Kernel before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service NFS client panic via unknown attack vectors related to the use of ODIRECT direct I/O...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Linux Kernel before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service NFS client panic via unknown attack vectors related to the use of ODIRECT direct I/O...

CVE-2006-0555

The Linux Kernel before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service NFS client panic via unknown attack vectors related to the use of ODIRECT direct I/O...

CVE-2006-0555

The Linux Kernel before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service NFS client panic via unknown attack vectors related to the use of ODIRECT direct I/O...

CVE-2006-0555

Vulnerability: CVE-2006-0555 affects the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.15.5, where NFS client operations using O_DIRECT can cause the kernel to panic and crash (local denial of service). Affected product is the Linux kernel; root cause relates to direct I/O handling for NFS. Public advisories from Re...

CVE-2003-0956

CVE-2003-0956 describes race conditions in the Linux kernel’s O_DIRECT handling prior to 2.4.22. Affected component: kernel I/O path for direct I/O (O_DIRECT) on 2.4.x. Impact: local users could read data from previously deleted files or see data during reads of truncated files, potentially expos...

CVE-2003-0956

Multiple race conditions in the handling of ODIRECT in Linux kernel prior to version 2.4.22 could cause stale data to be returned from the disk when handling sparse files, or cause incorrect data to be returned when a file is truncated as it is being read, which might allow local users to obtain...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating syste...

CVE-2005-0207

CVE-2005-0207 corresponds to an unknown vulnerability in Linux kernel 2.4.x, 2.5.x, and 2.6.x where NFS clients can trigger a denial of service via NFS client O_DIRECT error handling. The issue is documented in multiple advisories (RHSA-2005:366 / CESA-2005:366) and CentOS/Ubuntu/NVD entries. Aff...

CVE-2005-0207

Unknown vulnerability in Linux kernel 2.4.x, 2.5.x, and 2.6.x allows NFS clients to cause a denial of service via ODIRECT...

CVE-2003-0018

CVE-2003-0018 concerns Linux kernel 2.4.10–2.4.21-pre4 where O_DIRECT is mishandled, allowing local attackers with write privileges to read portions of previously deleted files or cause filesystem corruption. Related advisories (SUSE CVE-2003-0956; Debian DSA-358/423) note multiple O_DIRECT-relat...

CVE-2003-0018

Linux kernel 2.4.10 through 2.4.21-pre4 does not properly handle the ODIRECT feature, which allows local attackers with write privileges to read portions of previously deleted files, or cause file system corruption...

RHEL 2.1 : fileutils (RHSA-2003:310)

Updated fileutils packages that close a potential denial of service vulnerability are now available. The fileutils package contains several basic system utilities. One of these utilities is the 'ls' program, which is used to list information about files and directories. Georgi Guninski discovered...

CVE-2003-0018

Linux kernel 2.4.10 through 2.4.21-pre4 does not properly handle the ODIRECT feature, which allows local attackers with write privileges to read portions of previously deleted files, or cause file system corruption...

[RHSA-2003:025-20] Updated 2.4 kernel fixes various vulnerabilities

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated 2.4 kernel fixes various vulnerabilities Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:025-20 Issue date: 2003-01-24 Updated on: 2003-02-03 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: ethernet frame...