kernel: don't allow splice() to files opened with O_APPEND

The dosplicefrom function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the OAPPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file...

Debian DSA-1687-1 : linux-2.6 - denial of service/privilege escalation

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-2008-3527 Tavis Ormandy reported a local DoS and potential privilege escalation...

DSA-1687-1 fai-kernels linux-2.6 user-mode-linux - several vulnerabilities

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Debian DSA-1681-1 : linux-2.6.24 - denial of service/privilege escalation

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-2008-3528 Eugene Teo reported a local DoS issue in the ext2 and ext3 filesystem...

USN-679-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Xen hypervisor block driver did not correctly validate requests. A user with root privileges in a guest OS could make a malicious IO request with a large number of blocks that would crash the host OS, leading to a denial of service. This only affected Ubuntu 7.10...

kernel: splice: fix bad unlock_page() in error case

fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the addtopagecachelru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel BUG and system crash, as...

CVE-2008-4554

The dosplicefrom function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the OAPPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file...

Debian DSA-1653-1 : linux-2.6 - denial of service/privilege escalation

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-2007-6716 Joe Jin reported a local denial of service vulnerability that allows...

PT-2008-5180 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.19 Description: The issue allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by splicing into an inode in order to...

CVE-2008-4302

fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the addtopagecachelru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel BUG and system crash, as...

CVE-2008-4302

fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the addtopagecachelru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel BUG and system crash, as...

Design/Logic Flaw

fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the addtopagecachelru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel BUG and system crash, as...

CVE-2008-4302

fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the addtopagecachelru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel BUG and system crash, as...

CVE-2008-4302

CVE-2008-4302 affects the Linux kernel splice subsystem specifically fs/splice.c. The root cause is a failure in add_to_page_cache_lru, after which code attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, enabling a local user to trigger a kernel BUG and system crash (denial of service). Public adviso...

PT-2008-5563 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.22.2 Description: The issue is related to the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel, where a failure in the add to page cache lru function is not properly handled, leading to an attempt to unlock a page that...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5 - NET Add entropy support to e1000 and bnx2 John Sobecki orabug 6045759 - splice Fix bad unlockpage in error case Jens Axboe orabug 6263574 - NET fix netpoll race Tina Yang orabugz 5791 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 - md fix crashes in iteraterdev Doug Ledford 460128 455471 - sound...

ruby: integer overflow in rb_ary_splice/update/replace() - REALLOC_N

Integer overflow in the 1 rbarysplice function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22; and 2 the rbaryreplace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors, aka the...

ruby: integer overflow in rb_ary_splice/update/replace() - beg + rlen

Integer overflow in the 1 rbarysplice function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2; and 2 the rbaryreplace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption, aka the "beg +...

ruby: integer overflow in rb_ary_splice/update/replace() - beg + rlen

Integer overflow in the 1 rbarysplice function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2; and 2 the rbaryreplace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption, aka the "beg +...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5 - NET Add entropy support to e1000 and bnx2 John Sobecki orabug 6045759 - splice Fix bad unlockpage in error case Jens Axboe orabug 6263574 - dio fix error-path crashes Linus Torvalds orabug 6242289 - NET fix netpoll race Tina Yang orabugz 5791 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 - x86 sanity...