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oval:org.secpod.oval:def:301143
Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: The gfs2_lock function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc1-next-20100312, and the gfs_lock function in the Linux kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, does not properly remove POSIX locks on files that are setgid wi ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:500417 The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: * a race condition was found in the mac80211 implementation, a framework used for writing drivers for wireless devices. An attacker could trigger this flaw by sendin ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:600060 CVE-2009-4537 Fabian Yamaguchi reported a missing check for Ethernet frames larger than the MTU in the r8169 driver. This may allow users on the local network to crash a system, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2010-0727 Sachin Prabhu reported an issue in the GFS2 filesystem. Local users can tr ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:700028 It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly handle memory protection of the Virtual Dynamic Shared Object page when running a 32-bit application on a 64-bit kernel. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the r8169 network driver did n ... |
