kernel: non-root can trigger cpu_idle soft lockup

Integer overflow in the hrtimerstart function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service panic via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (i386) (ZYPP Patch Number 2097)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - A double userspace copy in a SCTP ioctl allows local attackers to overflow a buffer in the kernel, potentially allowing code execution and privilege escalation. 199441. CVE-2006-3745 - Local attackers were able to crash PowerPC systems...