K17132: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2014-8133

Security Advisory Description arch/x86/kernel/tls.c in the Thread Local Storage TLS implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 allows local users to bypass the espfix protection mechanism, and consequently makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism, via a craft...

SUSE CVE-2002-0836

dvips converter for Postscript files in the tetex package calls the system function insecurely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain print jobs, possibly involving fonts...

SUSE CVE-2007-0997

Race condition in the tee systee system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.17.6 might allow local users to cause a denial of service system crash, obtain sensitive information kernel memory contents, or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to a potentially dropped ipipe lock...

SUSE CVE-2010-3301

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x8664 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-boun...

SUSE CVE-2010-3858

The setupargpages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIGSTACKGROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the 1 arguments and 2 environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of...

SUSE CVE-2010-4243

fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not enable the OOM Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the 1 arguments and 2 environment, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a crafted exec system call, aka an "OOM dodging issue," a...

SUSE CVE-2011-2491

The Network Lock Manager NLM protocol implementation in the NFS client functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service system hang via a LOCKUN flock system call...

SUSE CVE-2011-2518

The tomoyomountacl function in security/tomoyo/mount.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 calls the kernpath function with arguments taken directly from a mount system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL value for...

SUSE CVE-2012-2745

The copycreds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service panic via a crafted application that uses the fork system call...

SUSE CVE-2012-3211

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 and 11 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel/System Call...

SUSE CVE-2012-3511

Multiple race conditions in the madviseremove function in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allow local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free and system crash via vectors involving a 1 munmap or 2 close system call...

SUSE CVE-2013-1858

The clone system-call implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 does not properly handle a combination of the CLONENEWUSER and CLONEFS flags, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling chroot and leveraging the sharing of the / directory between a parent process and a child...

SUSE CVE-2013-1956

The createuserns function in kernel/usernamespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 does not check whether a chroot directory exists that differs from the namespace root directory, which allows local users to bypass intended filesystem restrictions via a crafted clone system call...

SUSE CVE-2013-2141

The dotkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a 1 tkill or 2 tgkill system call...

SUSE CVE-2013-2239

vzkernel before 042stab080.2 in the OpenVZ modification for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via 1 a crafted ploop driver ioctl call, related to the ploopgetdeviceioc function in...

SUSE CVE-2013-3301

The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAPSYSADMIN capability for write access to the 1 setftracepid or 2 setgraphfunction file...

SUSE CVE-2013-4591

Buffer overflow in the nfs4getacluncached function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a getxattr system call for the system.nfs4acl extended attribut...

SUSE CVE-2013-7271

The x25recvmsg function in net/x25/afx25.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a 1 recvfrom, 2 recvmmsg, or 3 recvm...

SUSE CVE-2014-0203

The dofollowlink function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the last pathname component during use of certain filesystems, which allows local users to cause a denial of service incorrect free operations and system crash via an open system call...

SUSE CVE-2014-8173

The pmdnoneortranshugeorclearbad function in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.13 on NUMA systems does not properly determine whether a Page Middle Directory PMD entry is a transparent huge-table entry, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer...