About “Linux Kernel”

A curated feed of “Linux Kernel”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 20117 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 6176 were published. Average CVSS is 6.4 (all time; 6.4 over 365d), and 35% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference, CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime, CWE-416 - Use After Free.

In our taxonomy this topic maps to a MODERATE impact class. Issues here typically affect operating system packages or kernels. Plan reboots or service restarts and coordinate rollouts across fleets. Use the filters below to sort by CVSS, risk and CWE. Each detail page highlights vendor advisories and mitigation tips.

CVEs tagged with this topic. Filters apply to the whole list (loaded from JSON).

CVSS ≥ 0.0
2008-05-08
Medium

CVE-2007-5498

The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of…

High

CVE-2007-6282

The IPsec implementation in Linux kernel before 2.6.25 allows remote routers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a fragmented ESP packet in which the first fragment does not contain the entire E…

Medium

CVE-2008-1615

Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, when running on AMD64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain ptrace calls.

Medium

CVE-2008-1669

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain…

2008-05-02
Low

CVE-2008-1294

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource…

Medium

CVE-2008-1375

Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly…

High

CVE-2008-1675

The bdx_ioctl_priv function in the tehuti driver (tehuti.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.25.1 does not properly check certain information related to register size, which has unspecified impact an…

2008-04-29
Medium

CVE-2008-1293

ldm in Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) 0.99 and 2 passes the -ac option to the X server on each LTSP client, which allows remote attackers to connect to this server via TCP port 6006 (aka displa…

2008-04-24
High

CVE-2008-1926

Argument injection vulnerability in login (login-utils/login.c) in util-linux-ng 2.14 and earlier makes it easier for remote attackers to hide activities by modifying portions of log events, as demon…

2008-04-18
Low

CVE-2008-1734

Interpretation conflict in PHP Toolkit before 1.0.1 on Gentoo Linux might allow local users to cause a denial of service (PHP outage) and read contents of PHP scripts by creating a file with a one-le…

2008-04-12
Medium

CVE-2007-6712

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_forward function (hrtimer.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.21-rc4, when running on 64-bit systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a timer wi…

2008-04-04
Medium

CVE-2008-0884

The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of…

Medium

CVE-2008-1374

Integer overflow in pdftops filter in CUPS in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4, when running on 64-bit platforms, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file. NOTE: this…

2008-04-02
Medium

CVE-2008-1628

Stack-based buffer overflow in the audit_log_user_command function in lib/audit_logging.c in Linux Audit before 1.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command argument.…

2008-03-26
Medium

CVE-2008-1514

arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and other versions before 2.6.27-rc6, on s390 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via the user-area-padding test…

2008-03-20
Low

CVE-2008-0889

Red Hat Directory Server 8.0, when running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, uses insecure permissions for the redhat-idm-console script, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying th…

2008-03-18
Low

CVE-2008-1383

The docert function in ssl-cert.eclass, when used by src_compile or src_install on Gentoo Linux, stores the SSL key in a binpkg, which allows local users to extract the key from the binpkg, and cause…

2008-03-17
High

CVE-2008-1367

gcc 4.3.x does not generate a cld instruction while compiling functions used for string manipulation such as memcpy and memmove on x86 and i386, which can prevent the direction flag (DF) from being r…

2008-03-08
Medium

CVE-2008-1206

Format string vulnerability in the log_message function in lks.c in Linux Kiss Server 1.2, when background (daemon) mode is disabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or e…

Medium

CVE-2008-1213

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Numara FootPrints for Linux 8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Title form field when setting an appointment. NOTE:…

High

CVE-2008-1214

MRcgi/MRProcessIncomingForms.pl in Numara FootPrints 8.1 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the PROJECTNUM parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this…

2008-03-06
High

CVE-2008-1198

The default IPSec ifup script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 through 5 configures racoon to use aggressive IKE mode instead of main IKE mode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brut…

2008-03-04
High

CVE-2008-0930

w_editeur.c in XWine 1.0.1 for Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite or print arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporaire temporary file. NOTE: some of these details are obtain…

Medium

CVE-2008-0931

w_export.c in XWine 1.0.1 on Debian GNU/Linux sets insecure permissions (0666) for /etc/wine/config, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service by modify…

2008-02-29
High

CVE-2008-1078

expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE:…

2008-02-27
Medium

CVE-2008-1042

Directory traversal vulnerability in include/body.inc.php in Linux Web Shop (LWS) php Download Manager 1.0 and 1.1 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot d…

High

CVE-2008-1043

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in templates/default/header.inc.php in Linux Web Shop (LWS) php User Base 1.3 BETA allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the menu…

2008-02-12
Low

CVE-2008-0009

The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitr…

Low

CVE-2008-0010

The copy_from_user_mmap_sem function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allow local users to read from ar…

Medium

CVE-2008-0163

Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.

High

CVE-2008-0600

The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted ar…

High

CVE-2008-0731

The Linux kernel before 2.6.18.8-0.8 in SUSE openSUSE 10.2 does not properly handle failure of an AppArmor change_hat system call, which might allow attackers to trigger the unconfining of an apparmo…

Low

CVE-2008-0732

The init script for Apache Geronimo on SUSE Linux follows symlinks when performing a chown operation, which might allow local users to obtain access to unspecified files or directories.

2008-02-08
High

CVE-2008-0007

Linux kernel before 2.6.22.17, when using certain drivers that register a fault handler that does not perform range checks, allows local users to access kernel memory via an out-of-range offset.

2008-02-05
High

CVE-2007-4130

The Linux kernel 2.6.9 before 2.6.9-67 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on Itanium (ia64) does not properly handle page faults during NUMA memory access, which allows local users to cause a denia…

2008-01-31
Medium

CVE-2008-0525

PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitr…

2008-01-29
High

CVE-2007-6694

The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that…

2008-01-18
High

CVE-2008-0352

The Linux kernel 2.6.20 through 2.6.21.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a certain IPv6 packet, possibly involving the Jumbo Payload hop-by-hop option (jumbogram).

2008-01-15
Low

CVE-2008-0001

VFS in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.16, and 2.6.23.x before 2.6.23.14, performs tests of access mode by using the flag variable instead of the acc_mode variable, which might allow local users to by…

2008-01-09
High

CVE-2007-5616

ssh-signer in SSH Tectia Client and Server 5.x before 5.2.4, and 5.3.x before 5.3.6, on Unix and Linux allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

2007-12-28
Medium

CVE-2007-6594

IBM Lotus Notes 8 for Linux before 8.0.1 uses (1) unspecified weak permissions for the installation kit obtained through a Notes 8 download and (2) 0777 permissions for the installdata file that is c…

2007-12-21
Medium

CVE-2007-6514

Apache HTTP Server, when running on Linux with a document root on a Windows share mounted using smbfs, allows remote attackers to obtain unprocessed content such as source files for .php programs via…

High

CVE-2007-4567

The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly validate the hop-by-hop IPv6 extended header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

2007-12-20
Medium

CVE-2007-6285

The default configuration for autofs 5 (autofs5) in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not specify the nodev mount option for the -hosts map, which allows…

Medium

CVE-2007-6246

Adobe Flash Player 9.x up to 9.0.48.0, 8.x up to 8.0.35.0, and 7.x up to 7.0.70.0, when running on Linux, uses insecure permissions for memory, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

High

CVE-2007-5966

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large r…

2007-12-18
Low

CVE-2007-6434

Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to create low pages in virtual userspace memory and bypass mmap_min_addr protection via a crafted executable file that calls the do_brk function.

Medium

CVE-2007-6283

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora install the Bind /etc/rndc.key file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to perform unauthorized named commands, such as causing a denial of…

High

CVE-2007-6417

The shmem_getpage function (mm/shmem.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.11 through 2.6.23 does not properly clear allocated memory in some rare circumstances related to tmpfs, which might allow local users to re…

Low

CVE-2007-6418

The libdspam7-drv-mysql cron job in Debian GNU/Linux includes the MySQL dspam database password in a command line argument, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process a…

2007-12-15
High

CVE-2007-6151

The isdn_ioctl function in isdn_common.c in Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted ioctl struct in which iocts is not null terminated, which triggers a buff…

Low

CVE-2007-6249

etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might al…

2007-12-13
Medium

CVE-2007-5964

The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to…

2007-12-04
Medium

CVE-2007-6225

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Solaris 10, when 64bit mode is used on the x86 platform, allows local users in a Linux (lx) branded zone to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.

High

CVE-2007-6211

Send ICMP Nasty Garbage (sing) on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to append to arbitrary files and gain privileges via the -L (output log file) option. NOTE: this issue is only a vulnerability i…

Low

CVE-2007-6206

The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.24-rc3, and possibly other versions, does not change the UID of a core dump file if it exists before a root process cre…

2007-11-30
Medium

CVE-2007-5494

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open…

2007-11-29
High

CVE-2007-6167

Untrusted search path vulnerability in yast2-core in SUSE Linux might allow local users to execute arbitrary code by creating a malicious yast2 module in the current working directory.

2007-11-21
Medium

CVE-2007-6063

Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the isdn_ioctl function.

2007-11-20
Medium

CVE-2007-5500

The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via u…

2007-11-15
High

CVE-2007-5501

The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 through 2.6.23.7, and 2.6.24-rc through 2.6.24-rc2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) vi…

High

CVE-2006-7229

The skge driver 1.5 in Linux kernel 2.6.15 on Ubuntu does not properly use the spin_lock and spin_unlock functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via a fl…

2007-11-09
Medium

CVE-2007-5904

Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMB responses that t…

2007-11-06
High

CVE-2007-4997

Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB l…

2007-10-31
Critical

CVE-2007-2957

Integer overflow in McAfee E-Business Server before 8.5.3 for Solaris, and before 8.1.2 for Linux, HP-UX, and AIX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large length value in an aut…

2007-10-28
Medium

CVE-2007-5686

initscripts in rPath Linux 1 sets insecure permissions for the /var/log/btmp file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information regarding authentication attempts. NOTE: because sshd dete…

2007-10-23
Low

CVE-2007-3850

The eHCA driver in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.22, when running on PowerPC, does not properly map userspace resources, which allows local users to read portions of physical address space.

Medium

CVE-2007-4574

Unspecified vulnerability in the "stack unwinder fixes" in kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, when running on AMD64 and Intel 64, allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vector…

2007-10-21
Medium

CVE-2007-5337

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5, when running on Linux systems with gnome-vfs support, might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files on SSH/sftp servers that accept k…

2007-10-18
Medium

CVE-2007-3102

Unspecified vulnerability in the linux_audit_record_event function in OpenSSH 4.3p2, as used on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other systems, allows remote attackers to write arbitrary characters to an a…

2007-10-16
High

CVE-2007-5471

libgssapi before 0.6-13.7, as used by the ISC BIND named daemon in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP 1, terminates upon an initialization error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of se…

2007-10-14
Medium

CVE-2007-5195

Unspecified vulnerability in the SSL implementation in Groupwise client system in the novell-groupwise-client package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 allows remote attackers to obtain credentials…

High

CVE-2007-5196

Unspecified vulnerability in the SSL implementation in Groupwise client system in the novell-groupwise-client package in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 allows remote attackers to obtain credentials…

2007-10-13
High

CVE-2007-5208

hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a from addre…

2007-10-09
Medium

CVE-2007-5302

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in HP System Management Homepage (SMH) in HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31, and SMH before 2.1.10 for Linux and Windows, allow remote attackers…

2007-10-06
Critical

CVE-2007-5244

Stack-based buffer overflow in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long att…

2007-10-04
Medium

CVE-2007-4133

The (1) hugetlb_vmtruncate_list and (2) hugetlb_vmtruncate functions in fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19-rc4 perform certain prio_tree calculations using HPAGE_SIZE instead of P…

High

CVE-2007-5191

mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helper…

Medium

CVE-2007-5193

The default configuration for twiki 4.1.2 on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other operating systems, specifies the work area directory (cfg{RCS}{WorkAreaDir}) under the web document root, which might…

2007-09-26
Medium

CVE-2007-5093

The disconnect method in the Philips USB Webcam (pwc) driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.22.6 "relies on user space to close the device," which allows user-assisted local attackers to cause a de…

Low

CVE-2007-4571

The snd_mem_proc_read function in sound/core/memalloc.c in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.8 does not return the correct write size, which allows local…

Medium

CVE-2007-5087

The ATM module in the Linux kernel before 2.4.35.3, when CLIP support is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by reading /proc/net/atm/arp before the CLIP module ha…

2007-09-25
Medium

CVE-2007-5079

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not properly compile and link gdm with tcp_wrappers on x86_64 platforms, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

2007-09-24
High

CVE-2007-4573

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path…

2007-09-21
High

CVE-2007-5028

Dibbler 0.6.0 on Linux uses weak world-writable permissions for unspecified files in /var/lib/dibbler, which has unknown impact and local attack vectors.

2007-09-18
Low

CVE-2007-0004

The NFS client implementation in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3, when a filesystem is mounted with the noacl option, checks permissions for the open system call via vfs_permission (m…

Medium

CVE-2007-0997

Race condition in the tee (sys_tee) system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.17.6 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information (kernel m…

Low

CVE-2007-1865

The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Beta 5.1.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents) via a negative value of the…

High

CVE-2007-4936

Unspecified vulnerability in Office Efficiencies SafeSquid 4.1.x has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a "serious security flaw," possibly specific to Linux.

Medium

CVE-2007-4944

The canvas.createPattern function in Opera 9.x before 9.22 for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris does not clear memory before using it to process a new pattern, which allows remote attackers to obtain sens…

2007-09-17
Low

CVE-2007-3379

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on the x86_64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via unspecified vectors related to the get_g…

Medium

CVE-2007-3731

The Linux kernel 2.6.20 and 2.6.21 does not properly handle an invalid LDT segment selector in %cs (the xcs field) during ptrace single-step operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of…

2007-09-14
Medium

CVE-2007-3740

The CIFS filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when Unix extension support is enabled, does not honor the umask of a process, which allows local users to gain privileges.

2007-09-12
Medium

CVE-2007-4849

JFFS2, as used on One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) build 542 and possibly other Linux systems, when POSIX ACL support is enabled, does not properly store permissions during (1) inode creation or (2) ACL s…

2007-09-05
Low

CVE-2007-3849

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 ships the rpm for the Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) before 0.13.1 with a database that lacks checksum information, which allows context-dependent a…

2007-08-28
High

CVE-2007-4577

Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed BZip file that results in the creation of multiple Engine temporary…

Medium

CVE-2007-4578

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file, resultin…

2007-08-27
Low

CVE-2007-2797

xterm, including 192-7.el4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and 208-3.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, sets the wrong group ownership of tty devices, which allows local users to write data to other users' terminals.

2007-08-20
Medium

CVE-2007-4432

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the wrapper scripts for the (1) rug, (2) zen-updater, (3) zen-installer, and (4) zen-remover programs on SUSE Linux 10.1 and Enterprise 10 allows local users to…

2007-08-18
Medium

CVE-2007-4275

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allow local users to gain privileges via certain vectors related to (1) DB2 instance or FMP st…

2007-08-17
Medium

CVE-2007-4393

The installation script for orarun on SUSE Linux before 20070810 places the oracle user into the disk group, which allows the local oracle user to read or write raw disk partitions.

Low

CVE-2007-4394

Unspecified vulnerability in a "core clean" cron job created by the findutils-locate package on SUSE Linux 10.0 and 10.1 and Enterprise Server 9 and 10 before 20070810 allows local users to delete of…

2007-08-14
Low

CVE-2007-3848

Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which deliv…

2007-08-13
Low

CVE-2007-4308

The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc2 do not check permissions for ioctls, which might allow local user…

Medium

CVE-2007-4311

The xfer_secondary_pool function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.35 performs reseed operations on only the first few bytes of a buffer, which might make it easier for atta…

Medium

CVE-2007-3851

The drm/i915 component in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2, when used with i965G and later chipsets, allows local users with access to an X11 session and Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) to write to ar…

2007-08-09
Medium

CVE-2007-3843

The Linux kernel before 2.6.23-rc1 checks the wrong global variable for the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client configured for secu…

2007-08-08
High

CVE-2007-4205

XHA (Linux-HA) on the BlueCat Networks Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance 5.0.2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heartbeat control process crash) via a UDP packet to port 694. NOTE: th…

2007-07-30
Critical

CVE-2007-4074

The default configuration of Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival 1.95 beta (aka 2.0 beta) on Gentoo Linux, SUSE Linux, and possibly other distributions, is run locally with elevated…

2007-07-27
High

CVE-2007-3532

NVIDIA drivers (nvidia-drivers) before 1.0.7185, 1.0.9639, and 100.14.11, as used in Gentoo Linux and possibly other distributions, creates /dev/nvidia* device files with insecure permissions, which…

Medium

CVE-2007-4045

The CUPS service, as used in SUSE Linux before 20070720 and other Linux distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors related to an incomplete fix for CV…

Medium

CVE-2007-3105

Stack-based buffer overflow in the random number generator (RNG) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 might allow local root users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setti…

2007-07-23
Medium

CVE-2007-3945

Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) before 1.3.5 does not properly use the Linux Kernel Crypto API for the Linux kernel 2.6.x, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication cont…

2007-07-20
Medium

CVE-2007-3380

The Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) in the cluster manager for Linux kernel 2.6.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of lock services) by connecting to the DLM port, which pro…

2007-07-19
Medium

CVE-2007-3908

Unspecified vulnerability in HP ServiceGuard for Linux for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 2.1 SG A.11.14.04 through A.11.14.06; RHEL 3.0 SG A.11.16.04 through A.11.16.10; and ServiceGuard Cluster Ob…

2007-07-17
Critical

CVE-2007-3841

Unspecified vulnerability in Pidgin (formerly Gaim) 2.0.2 for Linux allows remote authenticated users, who are listed in a users list, to execute certain commands via unspecified vectors, aka ZD-0000…

2007-07-15
Medium

CVE-2007-3103

The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix tem…

2007-07-12
Low

CVE-2007-3719

The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.6.16 gives preference to "interactive" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as…

Low

CVE-2007-3720

The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.4 performs scheduling based on CPU billing gathered from periodic process sampling ticks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consum…

2007-07-10
Low

CVE-2007-3107

The signal handling in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, including 2.6.2, when running on PowerPC systems using HTX, allows local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors involving fl…