RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2006:0101)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 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...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : linux-source-2.6.10, linux-source-2.6.8.1 vulnerabilities (USN-178-1)

Oleg Nesterov discovered a local Denial of Service vulnerability in the timer handling. When a non group-leader thread called exec to execute a different program while an itimer was pending, the timer expiry would signal the old group leader task, which did not exist any more. This caused a kerne...

USN-178-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Oleg Nesterov discovered a local Denial of Service vulnerability in the timer handling. When a non group-leader thread called exec to execute a different program while an itimer was pending, the timer expiry would signal the old group leader task, which did not exist any more. This caused a kerne...

CVE-2005-2800

CVE-2005-2800 is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's SCSI procfs sg(devices) interface (for Linux 2.6.13 and earlier). Exploitation arises from repeated reads of /proc/scsi/sg/devices, leading to memory consumption and potential Denial of Service. Publicly documented references describe the issue...