UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3430

The rdsrecvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a 1 recvfrom or 2 recvmsg system call on an RDS socket...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3462 / 3463)

This update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel brings the kernel to 2.6.32.24 and fixes some critical security bugs and other non-security bugs. Following security bugs were fixed : - A iovec integer overflow in RDS sockets was fixed which could lead to local attackers gaining kern...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 3433 / 3436 / 3445)

This update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel brings the kernel to 2.6.32.24 and fixes some critical security bugs and other non-security bugs. Following security bugs were fixed : - A iovec integer overflow in RDS sockets was fixed which could lead to local attackers gaining kern...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2010:0842)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0842 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: Missi...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0919-1)

This update of the openSUSE 11.2 Linux kernel fixes two critical security issues and some bugs. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2010-3904: A local privilege escalation in RDS sockets allowed local attackers to gain root privileges. CVE-2010-2963: A problem in the compat ioctl handling i...