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kernel: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2011-4611 CVE-2011-4914
Created:January 16, 2012 Updated:January 18, 2012
Description: From the Debian advisory:

CVE-2011-4611: Maynard Johnson reported an issue with the perf support on POWER7 systems that allows local users to cause a denial of service.

CVE-2011-4914: Ben Hutchings reported various bounds checking issues within the ROSE protocol support in the kernel. Remote users could possibly use this to gain access to sensitive memory or cause a denial of service.

Alerts:
Debian DSA-2389-1 2012-01-15
Red Hat RHSA-2012:0350-01 2012-03-06
CentOS CESA-2012:0350 2012-03-07
Scientific Linux SL-kern-20120308 2012-03-08
Oracle ELSA-2012-0350 2012-03-12

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