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Linux Kernel Various Drivers Userland Pointer Dereference Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11891
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Release Date:
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2004-06-21
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Last Update:
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2004-08-09
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Popularity:
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12,154 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Linux Kernel 2.4.x
Linux Kernel 2.6.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Vulnerabilities have been discovered in various drivers for the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose kernel memory or gain escalated privileges.
The problem is that the following drivers dereference various userland pointers with no checks:
* aironet
* asus_acpi
* decnet
* mpu401
* msnd
* pss
Change Page:
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