USN-1881-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discover an error in the Linux kernel's credential handling on unix sockets. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-1979 An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local...

USN-1879-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's iSCSI subsystem. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-2850 An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify i...

USN-1878-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local user could exploit this flaw to discover keystroke timing and potentially discover sensitive information like password length. CVE-2013-0160 A flaw was discovered in the Linux...

kernel: security and bugfix update (critical)

The openSUSE 12.3 kernel was updated to fix a critical security issue, other security issues and several bugs. Security issues fixed: CVE-2013-2094: The perfsweventinit function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel used an incorrect integer data type, which allowed local users to gain...

Design/Logic Flaw

The perf subsystem in the kernel package 2.6.32-122.el6.x8664 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly handle NMIs, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service excessive log messages via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2011-2693

The perf subsystem in the kernel package 2.6.32-122.el6.x8664 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly handle NMIs, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service excessive log messages via unspecified vectors...

PT-2013-1399 · Red Hat · Red Hat

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 kernel package version 2.6.32-122.el6.x86 64 Description: The perf subsystem in the kernel does not properly handle Non-Maskable Interrupts NMIs, which could allow local users to cause a denial of service by...

SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux Kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 7723 / 7726 / 7727)

This update to the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel fixes the following critical security issue : - A bounds checking problem in the perf systemcall could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or execute code in kernel context. CVE-2013-2094 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

kernel: perf_swevent_enabled array out-of-bound access

The perfsweventinit function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perfeventopen system call...

kernel: perf_swevent_enabled array out-of-bound access

The perfsweventinit function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perfeventopen system call...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2013-2094

Linux kernel fails to check all 64 bits of attr.config passed by user space, resulting to out-of-bounds access of the perfsweventenabled array in swperfeventdestroy. Explotation allows for privilege escalation...

kernel: perf_swevent_enabled array out-of-bound access

The perfsweventinit function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perfeventopen system call...

USN-1826-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's perfevents interface. A local user could exploit this flaw to escalate privileges on the system...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security update

2.6.39-400.24.1 - perf: Treat attr.config as u64 in perfsweventinit Tommi Rantala Orabug: 16808734 CVE-2013-2094...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2094

The perfsweventinit function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perfeventopen system call...

AZL-34322 CVE-2013-2094 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.153.1-1

The perfsweventinit function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perfeventopen system call...

AZL-34846 CVE-2013-2094 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.22.1-2

The perfsweventinit function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perfeventopen system call...

Linux Kernel 2.6.32 < 3.x (CentOS 5/6) - 'PERF_EVENTS' Local Privilege Escalation (1)

/ linux 2.6.37-3.x.x x8664, 100 LOC gcc-4.6 -O2 semtex.c && ./a.out 2010 [email protected], salut! update may 2013: seems like centos 2.6.32 backported the perf bug, lol. jewgold to 115T6jzGrVMgQ2Nt1Wnua7Ch1EuL9WXT2g if you insist. EDB Note: Update...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2094

The perfsweventinit function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perfeventopen system call...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:0744 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scorin...