local privilege escalation in kernel

2010-11-0313:13:23

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0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

18.1%

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This security update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 GA and openSUSE 11.1 kernel updates the kernel to 2.6.27.54 and fixes various security issues and other bugs.

Solution

There is no workaround, please install the fixed packages.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server11ia64kernel-syms< 2.6.27.54-0.2.1kernel-syms-2.6.27.54-0.2.1.ia64.rpm
openSUSE11.1i586kernel-source< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1kernel-source-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.i586.rpm
openSUSE11.1x86_64kernel-xen< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1kernel-xen-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server11s390xkernel-source< 2.6.27.54-0.2.1kernel-source-2.6.27.54-0.2.1.s390x.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server11ia64kernel-default-base< 2.6.27.54-0.2.1kernel-default-base-2.6.27.54-0.2.1.ia64.rpm
openSUSE11.1ppckernel-source< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1kernel-source-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
openSUSE11.1x86_64kernel-default-base< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1kernel-default-base-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE11.1i586kernel-pae-base< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1kernel-pae-base-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.i586.rpm
openSUSE11.1ppckernel-default-extra< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
openSUSE11.1i586kernel-trace-extra< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1kernel-trace-extra-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.i586.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	11	ia64	kernel-syms	< 2.6.27.54-0.2.1	kernel-syms-2.6.27.54-0.2.1.ia64.rpm
openSUSE	11.1	i586	kernel-source	< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1	kernel-source-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.i586.rpm
openSUSE	11.1	x86_64	kernel-xen	< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1	kernel-xen-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	11	s390x	kernel-source	< 2.6.27.54-0.2.1	kernel-source-2.6.27.54-0.2.1.s390x.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	11	ia64	kernel-default-base	< 2.6.27.54-0.2.1	kernel-default-base-2.6.27.54-0.2.1.ia64.rpm
openSUSE	11.1	ppc	kernel-source	< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1	kernel-source-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
openSUSE	11.1	x86_64	kernel-default-base	< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1	kernel-default-base-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE	11.1	i586	kernel-pae-base	< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1	kernel-pae-base-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.i586.rpm
openSUSE	11.1	ppc	kernel-default-extra	< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1	kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.ppc.rpm
openSUSE	11.1	i586	kernel-trace-extra	< 2.6.27.54-0.1.1	kernel-trace-extra-2.6.27.54-0.1.1.i586.rpm