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kernel: privilege escalation

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2010-4656

Created:

January 31, 2011

Updated:

August 9, 2011

Description:

A buffer in the I/O-Warrior driver may enable a privilege escalation exploit by local users.

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-1202-1	2011-09-13
Ubuntu	USN-1187-1	2011-08-09
Ubuntu	USN-1164-1	2011-07-06
Ubuntu	USN-1160-1	2011-06-28
Ubuntu	USN-1146-1	2011-06-09
Ubuntu	USN-1141-1	2011-05-31
Red Hat	RHSA-2011:0421-01	2011-04-07
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2011:019	2011-04-28
Red Hat	RHSA-2011:0330-01	2011-03-10
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2011:0399-1	2011-04-28
Debian	DSA-2153-1	2011-01-30

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