Linux Kernel 2.6.x - Advisories by Product - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

This vulnerability report for Linux Kernel 2.6.x contains a complete overview of all Secunia advisories affecting it. You can use this vulnerability report to ensure that you are aware of all vulnerabilities, both patched and unpatched, affecting this product allowing you to take the necessary precautions.

If you have information about a new or an existing vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6.x then you are more than welcome to contact us.

Table of Contents

1. Product Summary Only

2. Secunia Advisory Statistics (All time)

2.1. Statistics for 2009

2.2. Statistics for 2008

2.3. Statistics for 2007

2.4. Statistics for 2006

2.5. Statistics for 2005

2.6. Statistics for 2004

2.7. Statistics for 2003

3. List of Secunia Advisories (All time)

3.1. List for 2009

3.2. List for 2008

3.3. List for 2007

3.4. List for 2006

3.5. List for 2005

3.6. List for 2004

3.7. List for 2003

4. Send Feedback

Vendor, Links, and Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Vendor	Kernel.org

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Affected By	199 Secunia advisories 384 Vulnerabilities

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Unpatched	5% (10 of 199 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Linux Kernel 2.6.x, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Less critical .

33 Secunia Advisories in 2005

Secunia has issued a total of 33 Secunia advisories in 2005 for Linux Kernel 2.6.x. Currently, 9% (3 out of 33) are marked as unpatched with the most severe being rated Not critical

More information about the specific Secunia advisories affecting Linux Kernel 2.6.x can be found below. Each Secunia advisory is enclosed by a box highlighted with a color representing its current patch status. You can read the complete Secunia advisories for thorough descriptions of the issues covered and for solution suggestions by clicking either the Secunia advisory title or the "Read More" links available for each Secunia advisory.

Linux Kernel Socket Data Buffering Denial of Service
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 1 of 33 in 2005. 10,840 views.

Release Date:
2005-12-23

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA18205

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 33 in 2005. 13,502 views.

Release Date:
2005-11-29

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA17786

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel sysctl Interface Unregistration Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 33 in 2005. 12,135 views.

Release Date:
2005-11-09

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA17504

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel Potential Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 4 of 33 in 2005. 13,127 views.

Release Date:
2005-11-01

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA17384

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Unknown
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel. Two has an unknown impact, the others can potentially be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) [Read More]

Linux Kernel IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 5 of 33 in 2005. 11,683 views.

Release Date:
2005-10-21

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA17261

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Tetsuo Handa has reported a vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel Console Keyboard Mapping Shell Command Injection
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 6 of 33 in 2005. 17,055 views.

Release Date:
2005-10-17

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA17226

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Rudolf Polzer has reported a vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Potential Denial of Service and Information Disclosure
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 7 of 33 in 2005. 11,909 views.

Release Date:
2005-10-11

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA17114

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities, a security issue, and a weakness have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and bypass certain security restrictions, or by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information. [Read More]

Linux Kernel URB and IPv6 Flowlabel Handling Denial of Service
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 8 of 33 in 2005. 11,947 views.

Release Date:
2005-09-27

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16969

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities, a security issue, and a weakness have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by malicious people to cause a DoS. [Read More]

Linux Kernel "fget()" Potential Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 9 of 33 in 2005. 13,926 views.

Release Date:
2005-09-22

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16897

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Vasiliy Averin has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 10 of 33 in 2005. 16,450 views.

Release Date:
2005-09-09

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16747

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose certain sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and gain escalated privileges, or by malicious people to cause a DoS. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 11 of 33 in 2005. 13,265 views.

Release Date:
2005-08-25

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16494

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, and bypass certain security restrictions, or by malicious people to cause a DoS. [Read More]

Linux Kernel XDR Encode/Decode Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 12 of 33 in 2005. 12,569 views.

Release Date:
2005-08-12

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16406

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS
System access

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Florian Weimer has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 13 of 33 in 2005. 14,030 views.

Release Date:
2005-08-09

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16355

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users and potentially malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel xfrm Array Indexing Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 14 of 33 in 2005. 12,919 views.

Release Date:
2005-08-05

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA16298

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Balazs Scheidler has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel IA32 Compatibility "execve()" Buffer Overflow
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 15 of 33 in 2005. 12,943 views.

Release Date:
2005-07-11

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15980

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Ilja van Sprundel has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel "syscall()" Argument Handling Denial of Service
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 16 of 33 in 2005. 13,268 views.

Release Date:
2005-06-27

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15812

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 17 of 33 in 2005. 14,292 views.

Release Date:
2005-06-23

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15786

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Unknown
Security Bypass
DoS

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel. The first has an unknown impact, the others can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]

Linux Kernel "ptrace()" and "mmap()" Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 18 of 33 in 2005. 11,686 views.

Release Date:
2005-06-09

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15630

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Hyper-Threading Support Information Disclosure
Vendor Workaround. Secunia Advisory 19 of 33 in 2005. 10,058 views.

Release Date:
2005-05-23

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15457

Solution Status:
Vendor Workaround

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. [Read More]

Linux Kernel pktcdvd and raw device Block Device Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 20 of 33 in 2005. 14,171 views.

Release Date:
2005-05-17

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15392

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
alert7 has reported two vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel ELF Core Dump Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 21 of 33 in 2005. 14,466 views.

Release Date:
2005-05-12

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15341

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Paul Starzetz has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 22 of 33 in 2005. 10,827 views.

Release Date:
2005-05-02

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15204

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel "is_hugepage_only_range()" Denial of Service
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 23 of 33 in 2005. 7,828 views.

Release Date:
2005-04-04

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14718

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Daniel McNeil has reported a vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 24 of 33 in 2005. 20,808 views.

Release Date:
2005-03-29

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14713

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited to disclose information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain escalated privileges, or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 25 of 33 in 2005. 13,134 views.

Release Date:
2005-03-18

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14585

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Unknown
DoS

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel. One has an unknown impact, the rest can be exploited by malicious, local users, or by malicious people, to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel PPP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 26 of 33 in 2005. 14,072 views.

Release Date:
2005-03-16

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14570

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Ben Martel and Stephen Blackheath have reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel "sys_epoll_wait()" Function Integer Overflow
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 27 of 33 in 2005. 13,075 views.

Release Date:
2005-03-15

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14548

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Georgi Guninski has reported a potential vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which may be exploited by malicious people to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 28 of 33 in 2005. 27,798 views.

Release Date:
2005-02-16

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14295

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Unknown
Hijacking
Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel. These can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or gain escalated privileges, or by malicious people to cause a DoS or bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Memory Disclosure and Privilege Escalation
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 29 of 33 in 2005. 11,516 views.

Release Date:
2005-02-15

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14270

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Unknown
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose kernel memory or gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel NTFS Unspecified Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 30 of 33 in 2005. 9,486 views.

Release Date:
2005-02-07

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14117

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel Page Fault Handler Privilege Escalation
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 31 of 33 in 2005. 14,659 views.

Release Date:
2005-01-13

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13822

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Paul Starzetz has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 32 of 33 in 2005. 18,835 views.

Release Date:
2005-01-11

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13784

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose sensitive information, or gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Binary Format Loaders Privilege Escalation
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 33 of 33 in 2005. 13,912 views.

Release Date:
2005-01-10

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13756

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Paul Starzetz has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]