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kernel: denial of service

Package(s): kernel CVE #(s): CVE-2011-4594

Created: March 7, 2012 Updated: March 7, 2012

Description: The sendmmsg() system call accesses user-space memory improperly, enabling denial-of-service attacks.

Alerts:

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
Oracle	ELSA-2012-0862	2012-07-02

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