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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):

linux

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-0044

Created:

January 24, 2012

Updated:

February 7, 2012

Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

Chen Haogang discovered an integer overflow that could result in memory corruption. A local unprivileged user could use this to crash the system.

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-1340-1	2012-01-23
Ubuntu	USN-1356-1	2012-02-07
Ubuntu	USN-1361-1	2012-02-13
Ubuntu	USN-1362-1	2012-02-13
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:0333-01	2012-02-23
Ubuntu	USN-1386-1	2012-03-06
Ubuntu	USN-1387-1	2012-03-06
Ubuntu	USN-1394-1	2012-03-07
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:0743-01	2012-06-18
CentOS	CESA-2012:0743	2012-06-19
Scientific Linux	SL-kern-20120619	2012-06-19
Oracle	ELSA-2012-0743	2012-06-21
Red Hat	RHSA-2012:1042-01	2012-06-26
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:0799-1	2012-06-28
Ubuntu	USN-1555-1	2012-09-05
Ubuntu	USN-1556-1	2012-09-06
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:1439-1	2012-11-05

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