Martin Schwidefsky discovered that the privileged instruction SACF (Set
Address Space Control Fast) on the S/390 platform is not handled properly,
allowing for a local user to gain root privileges.
CVE-2004-1058
A race condition allows for a local user to read the environment variables
of another process that is still spawning through /proc/.../cmdline.
CVE-2004-2607
A numeric casting discrepancy in sdla_xfer allows local users to read
portions of kernel memory via a large len argument which is received as an
int but cast to a short, preventing read loop from filling a buffer.
CVE-2005-0449
An error in the skb_checksum_help() function from the netfilter framework
has been discovered that allows the bypass of packet filter rules or
a denial of service attack.
CVE-2005-1761
A vulnerability in the ptrace subsystem of the IA-64 architecture can
allow local attackers to overwrite kernel memory and crash the kernel.
CVE-2...
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