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(RHSA-2010:0792) Important: kernel security update

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issue: * The rds_page_copy_user() function in the Linux kernel Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation was missing sanity checks. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2010-3904, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Dan Rosenberg of Virtual Security Research for reporting this issue. Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
RedHat 5 kernel-pae-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-xen 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-xen-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-xen 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-xen-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-kdump-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-kdump 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-xen 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-pae 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-xen-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-kdump 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-kdump-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-headers 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-doc 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5
RedHat 5 kernel-devel 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5

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