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USN-1186-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-1186-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/18/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/29/2020

Description

Buffer overflow in the clusterip_proc_write function in net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or have unspecified other impact via a crafted write operation, related to string data that lacks a terminating '

Integer overflow in the ib_uverbs_poll_cq function in drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large value of a certain structure member.

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Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-386
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-hppa32
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-hppa64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-itanium
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-lpia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-lpiacompat
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-mckinley
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-openvz
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-powerpc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-rt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-sparc64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-sparc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-29-xen

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