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Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-0333-01

Posted Feb 24, 2012

Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-0333-01 - Updates have been made to the Linux kernel. SG_IO ioctl SCSI requests on partitions or LVM volumes could be passed to the underlying block device, allowing a privileged user to bypass restrictions and gain read and write access to the entire block device. A local, unprivileged user could use an integer overflow flaw in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. A local, unprivileged user could use an integer overflow flaw in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. A local, unprivileged user could use a flaw in the Performance Events implementation to cause a denial of service. Various other issues have also been addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, overflow, kernel, local

systems | linux, redhat

advisories | CVE-2011-2918, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4097, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-4127, CVE-2011-4131, CVE-2011-4132, CVE-2012-0038, CVE-2012-0044, CVE-2012-0207, CVE-2012-0810

SHA-256 | ab385ec0a710376d5bd1648fee2d56710fe8b5e7cf9b6e8931a4f3a897ec925a

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