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(RHSA-2017:1232) Important: kernel security update

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * A race condition flaw was found in the N_HLDC Linux kernel driver when accessing n_hdlc.tbuf list that can lead to double free. A local, unprivileged user able to set the HDLC line discipline on the tty device could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the system. (CVE-2017-2636, Important) Red Hat would like to thank Alexander Popov for reporting this issue.


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
RedHat 6 kernel 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-debug-devel 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 python-perf-debuginfo 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-debug-debuginfo 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 perf 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-debuginfo 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-devel 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-headers 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-doc 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-debug 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 python-perf 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 perf-debuginfo 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6
RedHat 6 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.80.1.el6

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