kernel: OOM/crash in drivers/connector

drivers/connector/connector.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption and system crash by sending the kernel many NETLINKCONNECTOR messages...

kernel: nfsd should drop CAP_MKNOD for non-root

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAPMKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the rootsquash option...

kernel Race condition in mincore can cause "ps -ef" to hang

The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6 does not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock...

kernel: Local DoS with corrupted ELF

Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service crash via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries...

kernel: Local DoS with corrupted ELF

Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service crash via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries...

NFS client panic using O_DIRECT

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...

PT-2013-6319 · Linux +4 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel-pae-devel versions affected versions not specified SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel-xen-devel versions affected versions not specified SUSE Linux Enterprise gfs2-kmp-xen versions affected versions not specified SUSE...

PT-2006-7600 · Suse +2 · Opensuse +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: openSUSE affected versions not specified Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.17.3 and 2.6.16.23 Description: The issue involves multiple vulnerabilities in various packages of the openSUSE operating system, which can lead to a breach of...