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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:600648 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-4067 Rafael Dominguez Vega of MWR InfoSecurity reported an iss ... 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:102839 The kernel package contains the Linux kernel , the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. 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: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:103017 The kernel package contains the Linux kernel , the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. oval:org.secpod.oval:def:103035 The kernel package contains the Linux kernel , the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. |
