Kernel: Bluetooth: HCI & L2CAP information leaks

The Bluetooth protocol stack in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not properly initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that targets the 1 L2CAP or 2 HCI implementation...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: The btsockrecvmsg function in net/bluetooth/afbluetooth.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. The...

SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 7991 / 7992 / 7994)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel has been updated to 3.0.82 and to fix various bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : - The chaseport function in drivers/usb/serial/ioti.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service NUL...

Kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM - missing msg_namelen update in rfcomm_sock_recvmsg

The rfcommsockrecvmsg function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

kernel: Information leak in the Data Center Bridging (DCB) component

net/dcb/dcbnl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

Kernel: atm: update msg_namelen in vcc_recvmsg()

The vccrecvmsg function in net/atm/common.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

kernel: Information leak in the Data Center Bridging (DCB) component

net/dcb/dcbnl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0839)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0839 advisory. - net rds: fix local privilege escalation Eugene Teo 642897 642898 CVE-2010-3904 - misc futex: replace LOCKPREFIX in futex.h Peter Zijlstra 633175 6331...

Kernel: Bluetooth: possible info leak in bt_sock_recvmsg()

The btsockrecvmsg function in net/bluetooth/afbluetooth.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

Kernel: tipc: info leaks via msg_name in recv_msg/recv_stream

net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure and a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

Kernel: llc: Fix missing msg_namelen update in llc_ui_recvmsg

The llcuirecvmsg function in net/llc/afllc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2013:176)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel : The scmsetcred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1878-1)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local user could exploit this flaw to discover keystroke timing and potentially discover sensitive information like password length. CVE-2013-0160 A flaw was discovered in the Linux...

USN-1881-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discover an error in the Linux kernel's credential handling on unix sockets. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. CVE-2013-1979 An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when inotify is used to monitor the /dev/ptmx device. A local...

kernel: Information leak in the RTNETLINK component

The rtnlfillifinfo function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

kernel: Information leak in the Data Center Bridging (DCB) component

net/dcb/dcbnl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

Kernel: llc: Fix missing msg_namelen update in llc_ui_recvmsg

The llcuirecvmsg function in net/llc/afllc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call...

kernel: crypto: info leaks in report API

The report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect C library function for copying strings, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability...

USN-1824-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's ISO 9660 CDROM file system driver. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine some of the kernel's heap memory. CVE-2012-6549 Mathias Krause discovered a flaw in xfrmuser in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with NETADMIN...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130424)

It was found that getaddrinfo did not limit the amount of stack memory used during name resolution. An attacker able to make an application resolve an attacker-controlled hostname or IP address could possibly cause the application to exhaust all stack memory and crash. CVE-2013-1914 A flaw was...