Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: The rdsrecvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a 1 recvfrom or 2 recvmsg system call on an RDS socket...

Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1539-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1539-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15391.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-oneiric USN-1539-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1529-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1533-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1533-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15331.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1533-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1514-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1514-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15141.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1514-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1532-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1532-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15321.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1532-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1529-1)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's macvtap device driver, which is used in KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine to create a network bridge between host and guest. A privleged user in a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the host, if the vhostnet module is loaded with the...

USN-1532-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's network TUN/TAP device implementation. A local user with access to the TUN/TAP interface which is not available to unprivileged users until granted by a root user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or potential gain administrative privileges...

USN-1529-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's macvtap device driver, which is used in KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine to create a network bridge between host and guest. A privleged user in a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the host, if the vhostnet module is loaded with the...

USN-1514-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's macvtap device driver, which is used in KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine to create a network bridge between host and guest. A privleged user in a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the host, if the vhostnet module is loaded with the...

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...

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...

CVE-2012-2745

CVE-2012-2745 affects the Linux kernel prior to 3.3.2. The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c may provide an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, allowing local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted fork. Affected: Linux kernel

UBUNTU-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...

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...

Mandriva Update for acpid MDVSA-2012:086 (acpid)

Check for the Version of acpid OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for acpid MDVSA-2012:086 acpid Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following security issues : - Missing sanity checks in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel could allow a local, unprivileged user to escalate their privileges. CVE-2010-2962, Important - compatallocuserspace in the Linux kernel 32/64-bit compatibility layer...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x, SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64

A flaw was found in the IA32 system call emulation provided on AMD64 and Intel 64 platforms. An improperly validated 64-bit value could be stored in the %RAX register, which could trigger an out-of-bounds system call table access. An untrusted local user could exploit this flaw to run code in the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

This update fixes the following security issues : - a logic error was found in the dosetlk function of the Linux kernel Network File System NFS implementation. If a signal interrupted a lock request, the local POSIX lock was incorrectly created. This could cause a denial of service on the NFS...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64

Security fixes : - a logic error was found in the dosetlk function of the Linux kernel Network File System NFS implementation. If a signal interrupted a lock request, the local POSIX lock was incorrectly created. This could cause a denial of service on the NFS server if a file descriptor was clos...