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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2011-1020 Kees Cook discovered an issue in the /proc filesystem that allows local use ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:600617 The linux-2.6 and user-mode-linux upgrades from DSA-2303-1 has caused a regression that can result in an oops during invalid accesses to /proc/<pid>/maps files. The text of the original advisory is reproduced for reference: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:700679 linux: Linux kernel Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. oval:org.secpod.oval:def:700715 linux-lts-backport-natty: Linux kernel backport from Natty Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. oval:org.secpod.oval:def:500136 The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: * An integer overflow flaw in ib_uverbs_poll_cq could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. * A race condition ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1503411 The advisory is missing the security advisory description. For more information please visit the reference link oval:org.secpod.oval:def:201572 The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: * An integer overflow flaw in ib_uverbs_poll_cq could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. * A race condition ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:201602 The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: * An integer overflow flaw in ib_uverbs_poll_cq could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. * A race condition ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:500150 Security issues: * Using PCI passthrough without interrupt remapping support allowed KVM guests to generate MSI interrupts and thus potentially inject traps. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the host or possibly escalate their privileges on the host. The fix for this issue can pr ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1503432 The advisory is missing the security advisory description. For more information please visit the reference link oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1503567 Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues, various 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 important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System base scores, which giv ... oval:org.secpod.oval:def:400370 The openSUSE 11.3 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2011-4604: If root does read on a specific socket, it"s possible to corrupt memory over network, with an ICMP packet, if the B.A.T.M.A.N. mesh protocol is used. CVE-2011-2525 ... |