openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0004-1)

The openSUSE 11.3 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2010-4347: A local user could inject ACPI code into the kernel via the world-writable 'customdebug' file, allowing local privilege escalation. CVE-2010-4258: A local attack...

USN-2223-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...