Red Hat 9 RHSA-2004:166-01 Moderate: Kernel Buffer Overflow Risk

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded directly from the RHN website:

https://access.redhat.com

5. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:

athlon:

i386:

i586:

i686:

6. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name

0061cca9f47e3f6d90f75a6d05273e9d 9/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-31.9.src.rpm 806af5b5485efc5c20985df4caa67c73 9/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.20-31.9.athlon.rpm db93f183e901f54c16ae9011a789061b 9/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.20-31.9.athlon.rpm fed12b86b5bbdbc504d3759ec9746bd5 9/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.20-31.9.i386.rpm d75837330b6bd151aa7dc41f0739cd5c 9/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-31.9.i386.rpm f07cfe7307e1b3742f3f6471aa3dc9a9 9/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-31.9.i386.rpm 434b8067c7a15a21096e8f72fd2b913a 9/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-31.9.i386.rpm 03714321817cd47c6ffbdd6378046c16 9/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.20-31.9.i586.rpm fc1e97e4187a038046974f8ee61dac98 9/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.20-31.9.i586.rpm b9ff44df6f8950ae64febda7b6afa9c1 9/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.20-31.9.i686.rpm 86246976656da74b05dd460a60e444b1 9/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-31.9.i686.rpm df5e314e867757b8f420c17def224d56 9/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.20-31.9.i686.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available from

You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm --checksig -v

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:

md5sum