This update fixes the following security issues :

  - A flaw was found in the sctp_icmp_proto_unreachable()     function in the Linux kernel's Stream Control     Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation. A remote     attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2010-4526, Important)

  - A missing boundary check was found in the dvb_ca_ioctl()     function in the Linux kernel's av7110 module. On systems     that use old DVB cards that require the av7110 module, a     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a     denial of service or escalate their privileges.
    (CVE-2011-0521, Important)

  - A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's     InfiniBand implementation set up new connections. This     could allow a remote user to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2011-0695, Important)

  - A heap overflow flaw in the iowarrior_write() function     could allow a user with access to an IO-Warrior USB     device, that supports more than 8 bytes per report, to     cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges.
    (CVE-2010-4656, Moderate)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux Ethernet bridge     implementation handled certain IGMP (Internet Group     Management Protocol) packets. A local, unprivileged user     on a system that has a network interface in an Ethernet     bridge could use this flaw to crash that system     (CVE-2011-0716, Moderate)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Generic     Receive Offload (GRO) functionality in the Linux     kernel's networking implementation. If both GRO and     promiscuous mode were enabled on an interface in a     virtual LAN (VLAN), it could result in a denial of     service when a malformed VLAN frame is received on that     interface. (CVE-2011-1478, Moderate)

  - A missing initialization flaw in the Linux kernel could     lead to an information leak. (CVE-2010-3296, Low)

  - A missing security check in the Linux kernel's     implementation of the install_special_mapping() function     could allow a local, unprivileged user to bypass the     mmap_min_addr protection mechanism. (CVE-2010-4346, Low)

  - A logic error in the orinoco_ioctl_set_auth() function     in the Linux kernel's ORiNOCO wireless extensions     support implementation could render TKIP countermeasures     ineffective when it is enabled, as it enabled the card     instead of shutting it down. (CVE-2010-4648, Low)

  - A missing initialization flaw was found in the     ethtool_get_regs() function in the Linux kernel's     ethtool IOCTL handler. A local user who has the     CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could use this flaw to cause an     information leak. (CVE-2010-4655, Low)

  - An information leak was found in the Linux kernel's     task_show_regs() implementation. On IBM S/390 systems, a     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to read     /proc/[PID]/status files, allowing them to discover the     CPU register values of processes. (CVE-2011-0710, Low)

This update also fixes several bugs.

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2010-2524     David Howells reported an issue in the Common Internet     File System (CIFS). Local users could cause arbitrary     CIFS shares to be mounted by introducing malicious     redirects.

  - CVE-2010-3875     Vasiliy Kulikov discovered an issue in the Linux     implementation of the Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2     protocol. Local users may obtain access to sensitive     kernel memory.

  - CVE-2010-4075     Dan Rosenberg reported an issue in the tty layer that     may allow local users to obtain access to sensitive     kernel memory.

  - CVE-2010-4655     Kees Cook discovered several issues in the ethtool     interface which may allow local users with the     CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to obtain access to sensitive     kernel memory.

  - CVE-2011-0695     Jens Kuehnel reported an issue in the InfiniBand stack.
    Remote attackers can exploit a race condition to cause a     denial of service (kernel panic).

  - CVE-2011-0710     Al Viro reported an issue in the /proc/<pid>/status     interface on the s390 architecture. Local users could     gain access to sensitive memory in processes they do not     own via the task_show_regs entry.

  - CVE-2011-0711     Dan Rosenberg reported an issue in the XFS filesystem.
    Local users may obtain access to sensitive kernel     memory.

  - CVE-2011-0726     Kees Cook reported an issue in the /proc/<pid>/stat     implementation. Local users could learn the text     location of a process, defeating protections provided by     address space layout randomization (ASLR).

  - CVE-2011-1010     Timo Warns reported an issue in the Linux support for     Mac partition tables. Local users with physical access     could cause a denial of service (panic) by adding a     storage device with a malicious map_count value.

  - CVE-2011-1012     Timo Warns reported an issue in the Linux support for     LDM partition tables. Local users with physical access     could cause a denial of service (Oops) by adding a     storage device with an invalid VBLK value in the VMDB     structure.

  - CVE-2011-1017     Timo Warns reported an issue in the Linux support for     LDM partition tables. Users with physical access can     gain access to sensitive kernel memory or gain elevated     privileges by adding a storage device with a specially     crafted LDM partition.

  - CVE-2011-1078     Vasiliy Kulikov discovered an issue in the Bluetooth     subsystem. Local users can obtain access to sensitive     kernel memory.

  - CVE-2011-1079     Vasiliy Kulikov discovered an issue in the Bluetooth     subsystem. Local users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability     can cause a denial of service (kernel Oops).

  - CVE-2011-1080     Vasiliy Kulikov discovered an issue in the Netfilter     subsystem. Local users can obtain access to sensitive     kernel memory.

  - CVE-2011-1090     Neil Horman discovered a memory leak in the setacl()     call on NFSv4 filesystems. Local users can exploit this     to cause a denial of service (Oops).

  - CVE-2011-1093     Johan Hovold reported an issue in the Datagram     Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) implementation.
    Remote users could cause a denial of service by sending     data after closing a socket.

  - CVE-2011-1160     Peter Huewe reported an issue in the Linux kernel's     support for TPM security chips. Local users with     permission to open the device can gain access to     sensitive kernel memory.

  - CVE-2011-1163     Timo Warns reported an issue in the kernel support for     Alpha OSF format disk partitions. Users with physical     access can gain access to sensitive kernel memory by     adding a storage device with a specially crafted OSF     partition.

  - CVE-2011-1170     Vasiliy Kulikov reported an issue in the Netfilter arp     table implementation. Local users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability can gain access to sensitive kernel memory.

  - CVE-2011-1171     Vasiliy Kulikov reported an issue in the Netfilter IP     table implementation. Local users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability can gain access to sensitive kernel memory.

  - CVE-2011-1172     Vasiliy Kulikov reported an issue in the Netfilter IP6     table implementation. Local users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability can gain access to sensitive kernel memory.

  - CVE-2011-1173     Vasiliy Kulikov reported an issue in the Acorn Econet     protocol implementation. Local users can obtain access     to sensitive kernel memory on systems that use this rare     hardware.

  - CVE-2011-1180     Dan Rosenberg reported a buffer overflow in the     Information Access Service of the IrDA protocol, used     for Infrared devices. Remote attackers within IR device     range can cause a denial of service or possibly gain     elevated privileges.

  - CVE-2011-1182     Julien Tinnes reported an issue in the rt_sigqueueinfo     interface. Local users can generate signals with     falsified source pid and uid information.

  - CVE-2011-1477     Dan Rosenberg reported issues in the Open Sound System     driver for cards that include a Yamaha FM synthesizer     chip. Local users can cause memory corruption resulting     in a denial of service. This issue does not affect     official Debian Linux image packages as they no longer     provide support for OSS. However, custom kernels built     from Debians linux-source-2.6.26 may have enabled this     configuration and would therefore be vulnerable.

  - CVE-2011-1493     Dan Rosenburg reported two issues in the Linux     implementation of the Amateur Radio X.25 PLP (Rose)     protocol. A remote user can cause a denial of service by     providing specially crafted facilities fields.

  - CVE-2011-1577     Timo Warns reported an issue in the Linux support for     GPT partition tables. Local users with physical access     could cause a denial of service (Oops) by adding a     storage device with a malicious partition table header.

  - CVE-2011-1593     Robert Swiecki reported a signednes issue in the     next_pidmap() function, which can be exploited my local     users to cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2011-1598     Dave Jones reported an issue in the Broadcast Manager     Controller Area Network (CAN/BCM) protocol that may     allow local users to cause a NULL pointer dereference,     resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2011-1745     Vasiliy Kulikov reported an issue in the Linux support     for AGP devices. Local users can obtain elevated     privileges or cause a denial of service due to missing     bounds checking in the AGPIOC_BIND ioctl. On default     Debian installations, this is exploitable only by users     in the video group.

  - CVE-2011-1746     Vasiliy Kulikov reported an issue in the Linux support     for AGP devices. Local users can obtain elevated     privileges or cause a denial of service due to missing     bounds checking in the agp_allocate_memory and     agp_create_user_memory. On default Debian installations,     this is exploitable only by users in the video group.

  - CVE-2011-1748     Oliver Kartkopp reported an issue in the Controller Area     Network (CAN) raw socket implementation which permits     ocal users to cause a NULL pointer dereference,     resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2011-1759     Dan Rosenberg reported an issue in the support for     executing 'old ABI' binaries on ARM processors. Local     users can obtain elevated privileges due to insufficient     bounds checking in the semtimedop system call.

  - CVE-2011-1767     Alexecy Dobriyan reported an issue in the GRE over IP     implementation. Remote users can cause a denial of     service by sending a packet during module     initialization.

  - CVE-2011-1768     Alexecy Dobriyan reported an issue in the IP tunnels     implementation. Remote users can cause a denial of     service by sending a packet during module     initialization.

  - CVE-2011-1776     Timo Warns reported an issue in the Linux implementation     for GUID partitions. Users with physical access can gain     access to sensitive kernel memory by adding a storage     device with a specially crafted corrupted invalid     partition table.

  - CVE-2011-2022     Vasiliy Kulikov reported an issue in the Linux support     for AGP devices. Local users can obtain elevated     privileges or cause a denial of service due to missing     bounds checking in the AGPIOC_UNBIND ioctl. On default     Debian installations, this is exploitable only by users     in the video group.

  - CVE-2011-2182     Ben Hutchings reported an issue with the fix for     CVE-2011-1017 (see above) that made it insufficient to     resolve the issue.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
61012	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	8/1/2012	1/14/2021	high
55170	Debian DSA-2264-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	6/20/2011	1/4/2021	high

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