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Description

**CentOS Errata and Security Advisory** CESA-2009:1222 The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated packages fix the following security issues: * a flaw was found in the SOCKOPS_WRAP macro in the Linux kernel. This macro did not initialize the sendpage operation in the proto_ops structure correctly. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-2692, Important) * a flaw was found in the udp_sendmsg() implementation in the Linux kernel when using the MSG_MORE flag on UDP sockets. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-2698, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google Security Team for responsibly reporting these flaws. These updated packages also fix the following bug: * in the dlm code, a socket was allocated in tcp_connect_to_sock(), but was not freed in the error exit path. This bug led to a memory leak and an unresponsive system. A reported case of this bug occurred after running "cman_tool kill -n [nodename]". (BZ#515432) Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. **Merged security bulletin from advisories:** https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-August/078271.html https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-August/078272.html **Affected packages:** kernel kernel-PAE kernel-PAE-devel kernel-debug kernel-debug-devel kernel-devel kernel-doc kernel-headers kernel-xen kernel-xen-devel **Upstream details at:** https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1222


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
CentOS 5 kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-debug 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-doc 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-pae 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-pae-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-xen-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-debug 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-doc 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-pae 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-pae-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-xen-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-debug 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-doc 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-xen-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-debug 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-doc 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel-xen-devel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
CentOS 5 kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5

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