Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which...

kernel: perf bug

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call...

CVE-2011-0776

The sandbox implementation in Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 on Mac OS X might allow remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about local files via vectors related to the stat system call...

CVE-2011-0776

The sandbox implementation in Google Chrome before 9.0.597.84 on Mac OS X might allow remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about local files via vectors related to the stat system call...

CVE-2011-0776

Removed by vendor...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux, linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1054-1)

Gleb Napatov discovered that KVM did not correctly check certain privileged operations. A local attacker with access to a guest kernel could exploit this to crash the host system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2010-0435 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the Linux kernel TIPC implementation...

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...

RedHat Update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 kernel RHSA-2011:0017-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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 scriptxrefname:"URL",...

kernel: mm: mem allocated invisible to oom_kill() when not attached to any threads

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...

kernel: ipc/sem.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

The copysemidtouser function in ipc/sem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a 1 IPCINFO, 2 SEMINFO, 3 IPCSTAT, or 4 SEMSTAT command in a semctl system call...

Null pointer dereference

The doexit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNELDS getfs value, which allows local users to bypass intended accessok restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, and gain privileges by leveraging a 1 BUG, 2 NULL pointer...

CVE-2010-4258

The doexit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNELDS getfs value, which allows local users to bypass intended accessok restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, and gain privileges by leveraging a 1 BUG, 2 NULL pointer...

PT-2010-5380 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.36.2 Description: The issue allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, and gain privileges. This can be achieved by leveraging a BUG, NULL pointer...

Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:247 (kernel)

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2010:247 kernel Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

kernel: perf bug

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call...

CVE-2010-3066

The iosubmitone function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via a crafted iosubmit system call with an IOCBFLAGRESFD flag...

Null pointer dereference

The iosubmitone function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via a crafted iosubmit system call with an IOCBFLAGRESFD flag...

CVE-2010-3066

The iosubmitone function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via a crafted iosubmit system call with an IOCBFLAGRESFD flag...

CVE-2010-3066

The iosubmitone function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference via a crafted iosubmit system call with an IOCBFLAGRESFD flag...

CVE-2010-3066

The CVE-2010-3066 issue affects the Linux kernel (fs/aio.c: io_submit_one) in versions prior to 2.6.23. A crafted io_submit call with IOCB_FLAG_RESFD can trigger a NULL pointer dereference, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service. The problem is rooted in the asynchronous I/O path (io_...