kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0007 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Commo...

kernel: sctp: a race between ICMP protocol unreachable and connect()

Race condition in the sctpicmpprotounreachable function in net/sctp/input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11-rc2 through 2.6.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service panic via an ICMP unreachable message to a socket that is already locked by a user, which causes the socket to be freed and...

kernel: sctp: a race between ICMP protocol unreachable and connect()

Race condition in the sctpicmpprotounreachable function in net/sctp/input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11-rc2 through 2.6.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service panic via an ICMP unreachable message to a socket that is already locked by a user, which causes the socket to be freed and...