Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. A flaw in the key serial number collision avoidance algorithm of the keyctl subsystem that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service...

Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:047 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kernel MDKSA-2007:047 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-2705)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - CVE-2006-5751: An integer overflow in the networking bridge ioctl starting with Kernel 2.6.7 could be used by local attackers to overflow kernel memory buffers and potentially escalate privileges 222656 - CVE-2006-6106: Multiple buffer...

Important: kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.18-8.1.4.0.1.el5 -Fix bonding primary=ethX so it picks correct network Bert Barbe IT 101532 ORA 5136660 -Add entropy module option to e1000 John Sobecki ORA 6045759 -Add entropy module option to bnx2 John Sobecki ORA 6045759 2.6.18.8.1.4.el5 - ipv6 Fix routing regression. David S. Miller 2380...

Important: kernel security update

2.6.9-42.0.10.0.1 -Fix bonding primary=ethX so it picks correct network Bert Barbe IT 101532 ORA 5136660 2.6.9-42.0.10 -fix key serial number collision problem David Howells 227495 CVE-2007-0006 -fix audit panic on watched files Eric Paris 223129 CVE-2007-0001 2.6.9-42.0.9 -fix icmp oops in sctp...

CVE-2007-0006

The key serial number collision avoidance code in the keyallocserial function in Linux kernel 2.6.9 up to 2.6.20 allows local users to cause a denial of service crash via vectors that trigger a null dereference, as originally reported as "spinlock CPU recursion."...