USN-1533-1: Linux kernel 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-1532-1: Linux kernel (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-1531-1: Linux kernel 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-1530-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Andy Adamson discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's NFSv4 implementation. A remote NFS server attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. CVE-2011-4131 Steve Grubb reported a flaw with Linux fscaps file system base capabilities when used to increase the permissions of a proces...

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-2012-2136

The sockallocsendpskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and system crash or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2136

The sockallocsendpskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and system crash or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP...

CVE-2012-2136

The sockallocsendpskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and system crash or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP...

Heap overflow

The sockallocsendpskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and system crash or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP...

CVE-2012-2136

The sockallocsendpskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and system crash or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP...

CVE-2012-2136

The sockallocsendpskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and system crash or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120529)

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue : - It was found that the datalen parameter of the sockallocsendpskb function in the Linux kernel's networking implementation was not validated before use. A local...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score,...

kernel: net: insufficient data_len validation in sock_alloc_send_pskb()

The sockallocsendpskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and system crash or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP...

RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:0690-01

Check for the Version of kernel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:0690-01 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 ter...

CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2012:0690)

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severi...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0690 Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring...

kernel: net: insufficient data_len validation in sock_alloc_send_pskb()

The sockallocsendpskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and system crash or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severi...