openSUSE Security Update : Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2012:0799-1)

This kernel update of the openSUSE 12.1 kernel fixes lots of bugs and security issues. Following issues were fixed : - tcp: drop SYN+FIN messages bnc765102. - net: sock: validate datalen before allocating skb in sockallocsendpskb bnc765320, CVE-2012-2136. - fcaps: clear the same personality flags...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2443-1 (linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service)

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-2009-4307Nageswara R Sastry reported an issue in the ext4 filesystem. Local users...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2008)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-2008 advisory. - regset: Return -EFAULT, not -EIO, on host-side memory fault H. Peter Anvin CVE-2012-1097 - regset: Prevent null pointer reference on readonly...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0481)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0481 advisory. - Revert: fs NFSv4: include bitmap in nfsv4 get acl data Sachin Prabhu 753231 753232 CVE-2011-4131 - kernel regset: Return -EFAULT, not -EIO, on...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2012-2022)

Description of changes: Avoid bug caused by corrupted Ext4 filesystem. When mounting an ext4 filesystem, the kernel was not checking for zero length extents. This would cause a BUGON assertion failure in the log. NULL pointer dereference in the SCSI subsystem. A NULL dereference may occur if a SC...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:1042)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1042 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: A...

kernel: regset: Prevent null pointer reference on readonly regsets

The regset aka register set feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference or possibly have unspecified other impact via a 1 PTRACEGETREGSET or 2 PTRACESETREGSE...

CVE-2012-1097

The regset aka register set feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference or possibly have unspecified other impact via a 1 PTRACEGETREGSET or 2 PTRACESETREGSE...

Null pointer dereference

The regset aka register set feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference or possibly have unspecified other impact via a 1 PTRACEGETREGSET or 2 PTRACESETREGSE...

CVE-2012-1097

CVE-2012-1097 affects the Linux kernel before 3.2.10, where the regset (register set) path mishandles absence of .get/.set methods. This can allow a local attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference via PTRACE_GETREGSET or PTRACE_SETREGSET, possibly causing denial of service or other impact. R...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.39-100.6.1 - regset: Return -EFAULT, not -EIO, on host-side memory fault H. Peter Anvin CVE-2012-1097 - regset: Prevent null pointer reference on readonly regsets H. Peter Anvin CVE-2012-1097 - cifs: fix dentry refcount leak when opening a FIFO on lookup Jeff Layton CVE-2012-1090...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:0481)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0481 advisory. - kernel: sysctl: restrict write access to dmesgrestrict CVE-2011-4080 - kernel: block: CLONEIO iocontext refcounting issues CVE-2012-0879 -...

kernel: regset: Prevent null pointer reference on readonly regsets

The regset aka register set feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference or possibly have unspecified other impact via a 1 PTRACEGETREGSET or 2 PTRACESETREGSE...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-220.13.1.el6 - Revert: fs NFSv4: include bitmap in nfsv4 get acl data Sachin Prabhu 753231 753232 CVE-2011-4131 2.6.32-220.12.1.el6 - net netsched: qdiscallochandle can be too slow Jiri Pirko 805458 785891 - fs procfs: add hidepid= and gid= mount options Jerome Marchand 770651 770652 - fs...

[SECURITY] [DSA 2443-1] linux-2.6 security update

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[SECURITY] [DSA 2443-1] linux-2.6 security update

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DSA-2443-1 linux-2.6 - several

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Fedora 16 : kernel-3.2.9-2.fc16 (2012-3350)

CVE-2012-1097 regset: Prevent NULL pointer reference on readonly regsets Disable threading in hibernate compression/decompression Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically cle...

PT-2012-3080 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.2.10 Description: The issue is related to the regset feature in the Linux kernel, which does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods. This can allow local users to cause a denial of service NU...