The HFS and HFS+ (hfsplus) modules in Linux 2.6 allow malicious users to cause a denial of service (oops) by using hfsplus to mount a filesystem that is not hfsplus.
Synopsis
kernel security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red HatEnterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available This security advisory has been rated as having important security impactby the Red Hat Security Response Team ...
A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in the
sys_set_mempolicy() function By calling the function with a negative
first argument, a local attacker could cause a kernel crash
(CAN-2005-3053) ...
Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the
Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of
arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
identifies the following problems:
CVE-2004-2302
A race condition in the sysfs filesystem allows local users to
read kernel memory and ca ...
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