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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2011-4110

Created:

November 25, 2011

Updated:

December 27, 2011

Description:

From the Red Hat bugzilla:

A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel handled user-defined key types. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

Alerts:

Oracle	ELSA-2011-2037	2011-12-15
Scientific Linux	SL-Kern-20111206	2011-12-06
Fedora	FEDORA-2011-16621	2011-11-30
Red Hat	RHSA-2011:1530-03	2011-12-06
Scientific Linux	SL-kern-20111129	2011-11-29
CentOS	CESA-2011:1479	2011-11-30
Oracle	ELSA-2011-1479	2011-11-30
Red Hat	RHSA-2011:1479-01	2011-11-29
Fedora	FEDORA-2011-16346	2011-11-23
Fedora	FEDORA-2011-16237	2011-11-23
Ubuntu	USN-1318-1	2012-01-05
Ubuntu	USN-1319-1	2012-01-05
Ubuntu	USN-1322-1	2012-01-09
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:0010-01	2012-01-10
Ubuntu	USN-1324-1	2012-01-11
Ubuntu	USN-1325-1	2012-01-11
Ubuntu	USN-1323-1	2012-01-11
Ubuntu	USN-1328-1	2012-01-13
Ubuntu	USN-1330-1	2012-01-13
Ubuntu	USN-1332-1	2012-01-13
Debian	DSA-2389-1	2012-01-15
Ubuntu	USN-1337-1	2012-01-23
Ubuntu	USN-1340-1	2012-01-23
Ubuntu	USN-1341-1	2012-01-23
Ubuntu	USN-1345-1	2012-01-24
Ubuntu	USN-1344-1	2012-01-24
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:0153-1	2012-02-06
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:0153-2	2012-02-06
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:0116-01	2012-02-15
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:0333-01	2012-02-23
Oracle	ELSA-2012-0150	2012-03-07
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:0364-1	2012-03-14
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:1391-1	2012-10-24
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1439-1	2012-11-05

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