CVE-2017-1000111

A race condition issue was found in the way the raw packet socket implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem handled synchronization. A local user able to open a raw packet socket requires the CAPNETRAW capability could use this to waste resources in the kernel's ring buffer or...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2389-1 (linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2011-2183Andrea Righi reported an issue in KSM, a memory-saving de-duplication...