Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10

Packages

• linux - Linux kernel

Details

Aristide Fattori and Roberto Paleari reported a flaw in the Linux kernel’s
handling of IPv4 icmp packets. A remote user could exploit this to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2011-1927)

A flaw was found in the Linux Ethernet bridge’s handling of IGMP (Internet
Group Management Protocol) packets. An unprivileged local user could
exploit this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2011-0716)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel’s AppArmor security interface
when invalid information was written to it. An unprivileged local user
could use this to cause a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2011-3619)