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Fedora: 2009-12825 Critical: Kernel NULL Pointer Deref DoS Risk

fedora
Calendar Grey December 7, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Kernel Patch for Fedora 12 Fixes Null Pointer Access in IPv4 Packet Fragmentation to Improve Security.
CVE-2009-1298 null ptr deref in ipv4 ip_frag_reasm.

Summary

The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any

Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions

of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device

input and output, etc.

Update Information:

CVE-2009-1298 null ptr deref in ipv4 ip_frag_reasm.

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical DoS kernel null pointer ipfrag

Change Log

* Thu Dec 3 2009 Kyle McMartin 2.6.31.6-162 - ipv4-fix-null-ptr-deref-in-ip_fragment.patch: null ptr deref bug fix. * Thu Dec 3 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.31.6-161 - rv410 LVDS on resume test fix from AMD (#541562) * Wed Dec 2 2009 John W. Linville 2.6.31.6-160 - ath9k: add fixes suggested by upstream maintainer * Wed Dec 2 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.31.6-159 - drm-radeon-misc-fixes.patch: r400 LVDS, r600 digital dpms, cursor fix, tv property * Wed Dec 2 2009 Ben Skeggs 2.6.31.6-158 - nouveau: more complete lvds script selection on >=G80 (rh#522690, rh#529859) - nouveau: more complete tmds script selection on >=G80 (rh#537853) - nouveau: TV detection fixes * Tue Dec 1 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.31.6-157 - div/0 fix harder (#540593) - also ignore unposted GPUs with no BIOS * Tue Dec 1 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.31.6-156 - drm-next: fixes LVDS resume on r4xx, div/0 on no bios (#540593) lockup on tv-out only startup. * Mon Nov 30 2009 Kyle McMartin - drm-i915-fix-sync-to-vbl-when-vga-is-off.patch: add (rhbz#541670) * Sun Nov 29 2009 Kyle McMartin - Drop linux-2.6-sysrq-c.patch, made consistent upstream. * Fri Nov 27 2009 Jarod Wilson 2.6.31.6-153 - add device name to lirc_zilog, fixes issues w/multiple target devices - add lirc_imon pure input mode support for onboard decode devices * Thu Nov 26 2009 David Woodhouse 2.6.31.6-152 - Fix intel_tv_mode_set oops (#540218) * Thu Nov 26 2009 David Woodhouse 2.6.31.6-151 - VT-d: Work around yet more HP BIOS brokenness (#536675) * Wed Nov 25 2009 Kyle McMartin - dlm: fix connection close handling. Fix by lmb, requested by fabio. * Wed Nov 25 2009 David Woodhouse 2.6.31.6-149 - VT-d: Work around more HP BIOS brokenness. * Tue Nov 24 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.31.6-148 - radeon: flush HDP cache on rendering wait - fixes r600 rendercheck failure * Mon Nov 23 2009 Adam Jackson - drm-default-mode.patch: Default to 1024x768 to match UMS. (#538761) * Mon Nov 23 2009 Roland McGrath 2.6.31.6-146 - Fix oops in x86-32 kernel's iret handling for bogus user %cs. (#540580) * Sat Nov 21 2009 Kyle McMartin - Fix up ssp' highmem fixes with fixes for arm & ppc. * Fri Nov 20 2009 Chris Wright 2.6.31.6-144 - VT-d: another fallback for another BIOS bug (#524808) * Thu Nov 19 2009 Ben Skeggs 2.6.31.6-142 - Oops, add new patch to spec file * Thu Nov 19 2009 Ben Skeggs 2.6.31.6-141 - Lower debug level of fbcon handover messages (rh#538526) * Thu Nov 19 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.31.6-140 - drm-next-44c83571.patch: oops pulled the wrong tree into my f12 tree * Thu Nov 19 2009 Ben Skeggs 2.6.31.6-139 - nouveau: s/r fixes on chipsets using bios opcode 0x87 - nouveau: fixes to bios opcode 0x8e - nouveau: hopefully fix nv1x context switching issues (rh#526577) - nouveau: support for NVA5 (GeForce G220) - nouveau: fixes for NVAA support * Thu Nov 19 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.31.6-138 - drm-next-d56672a9.patch: fix some rn50 cloning issues * Wed Nov 18 2009 David Woodhouse 2.6.31.6-137 - Actually force the IOMMU not to be used when we detect the HP/Acer bug. * Tue Nov 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.31.6-136 - ACPI embedded controller fixes from Fedora 11. * Tue Nov 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.31.6-135 - Scheduler fixes and latency tuning patches from F-11. * Tue Nov 17 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.31.6-134 - glad to see edid retry patch was compiled. * Tue Nov 17 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.31.6-133 - drm-next-984d1f3c.patch: rebase with upstream fixes - drop all merged * Thu Nov 12 2009 Adam Jackson - Actually apply the EDID retry patch - drm-edid-header-fixup.patch: Fix up some broken EDID headers (#534120) * Thu Nov 12 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.31.6-130 - Use ApplyOptionalPatch for v4l and firewire updates. - Drop unused v4l ABI fix. * Thu Nov 12 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.31.6-129 - Linux 2.6.31.6 - Drop merged patches: linux-2.6-iwlwifi-reduce-noise-when-skb-allocation-fails.patch linux-2.6-libertas-crash.patch pci-increase-alignment-to-make-more-space.patch acpi-revert-attach-device-to-handle-early.patch ahci-revert-restore-sb600-sata-controller-64-bit-dma.patch acpi-pci-fix-null-pointer-dereference-in-acpi-get-pci-dev.patch af_unix-fix-deadlock-connecting-to-shutdown-socket.patch keys-get_instantiation_keyring-should-inc-the-keyring-refcount.patch netlink-fix-typo-in-initialization.patch fs-pipe-null-ptr-deref-fix.patch * Wed Nov 11 2009 Justin M. Forbes 2.6.31.5-128 - Fix KSM for i686 users. (#532215) - Add KSM fixes from 2.6.32

References


[ 1 ] Bug #544144 - CVE-2009-1298 kernel: ip_frag_reasm() NULL pointer dereference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544144

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 12
Version: 2.6.31.6
Release: 162.fc12
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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security advisory fedora critical DoS kernel null pointer ipfrag

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