Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel is the core of the operating system. These updated kernel...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0940)

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. This update 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 system. These ne...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:195)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : A stack-based buffer overflow in the random number generator could allow local root users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the default wakeup threshold to a value greater than the output pool si...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:0940 Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles th...

Important:kernel security update

2.6.18-8.1.15.0.1.el5 - Fix bonding primary=ethX Bert Barbe IT 101532 ORA 5136660 - Add entropy module option to e1000/bnx2 John Sobecki ORA 6045759 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 - dlm A TCP connection to DLM port blocks DLM operations Patrick Caulfield 245922 CVE-2007-3380 - ppc 4k page mapping support for...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. This update 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 system. These ne...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4487)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - CVE-2007-3105: Stack-based buffer overflow in the random number generator RNG implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 might allow local root users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the default wake-up...

USN-510-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the PPP over Ethernet implementation. Local attackers could manipulate ioctls and cause kernel memory consumption leading to a denial of service. CVE-2007-2525 An integer underflow was discovered in the cpuset filesystem. If mounted, local attackers could obtain kernel...

USN-508-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A buffer overflow was discovered in the Moxa serial driver. Local attackers could execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges. CVE-2005-0504 A flaw was discovered in the IPv6 stack's handling of type 0 route headers. By sending a specially crafted IPv6 packet, a remote attacker could cause a...

USN-509-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw in the sysfsreaddir function allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by dereferencing a NULL pointer. CVE-2007-3104 A buffer overflow was discovered in the random number generator. In environments with granular assignment of root privileges, a local attacker could gain additional...

Path traversal

The 1 aaccfgopen and 2 aaccompatioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc2 do not check permissions for ioctls, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges...

CVE-2007-4308

The 1 aaccfgopen and 2 aaccompatioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc2 do not check permissions for ioctls, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges...

CVE-2007-4308

The 1 aaccfgopen and 2 aaccompatioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc2 do not check permissions for ioctls, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges...

CVE-2007-4308

CVE-2007-4308 affects the Linux kernel’s SCSI aacraid driver, specifically the functions aac_cfg_open and aac_compat_ioctl . The advisory reports that these ioctl handlers did not perform permission checks, enabling a local user to cause a denial of service or potentially gain privileges. Affecte...

[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.865-0.0.fc7

The iscsi package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol networks...

[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.865-0.0.fc6

The iscsi package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol networks...

[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: iscsi-initiator-utils-5.2.0.865-0.0.fc5

The iscsi package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol networks...

Fedora Core 6 : kernel-2.6.20-1.2944.fc6 (2007-432)

Updated to upstream linux kernel 2.6.20.6: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.5 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.6 CVE-2007-1357: The atalksumskb function in AppleTalk for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.21, and possibly 2.4.x, allows remote...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:060)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : The 2.6.17 kernel and earlier, when running on IA64 and SPARC platforms would allow a local user to cause a DoS crash via a malformed ELF file CVE-2006-4538. The mincore function in the Linux kernel did not properly lock...

Fedora Core 6 : kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 (2007-291)

Updated to kernel 2.6.19.5 plus additional fixes : http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19.4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19.5 CVE-2007-0772: Summary: The Linux kernel before 2.6.20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service oops via a...