Debian 3.1 DSA-1233-1: Moderate Kernel DoS And Exec Threats

Stephane Eranian discovered a local DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability
on the ia64 architecture. A local user could exhaust the available file
descriptors by exploiting a counting error in the permonctl() system call.

CVE-2006-4538

Kirill Korotaev reported a local DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability
on the ia64 and sparc architectures. A user could cause the system to
crash by executing a malformed ELF binary due to insufficient verification
of the memory layout.

CVE-2006-4813

Dmitriy Monakhov reported a potential memory leak in the
__block_prepare_write function. __block_prepare_write does not properly
sanitize kernel buffers during error recovery, which could be exploited
by local users to gain access to sensitive kernel memory.

CVE-2006-4997

ADLab Venustech Info Ltd reported a potential remote DoS (Denial of
Service) vulnerability in the IP over ATM subsystem. A remote system
could cause the system to crash by se...