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RHSA-2007:1104-01 Important Kernel Security Update for Red Hat 4 Linux

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial kernel security patch for Red Hat Enterprise addresses denial of service vulnerabilities and various bugs. Upgrade advised.
Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available.A flaw was found in the handling of IEEE 802.1...

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

315051 - CVE-2007-5494 open(O_ATOMICLOOKUP) leaks dentry 346341 - CVE-2007-4997 kernel ieee80211 off-by-two integer underflow 371551 - NFS problem#3 of IT 106473 - 32-bit jiffy wrap around - NFS inode 399661 - cmirror write path appears deadlocked after recovery is successful 400801 - LTC39618-kernel panic making lcs interfaces online on LPAR 400811 - [RHEL4] Odd behaviour in mmap 404741 - [RHEL4] NMI Watchdog Not Working in RHEL 4 U6 Opteron Systems 404781 - RHEL4.6 [REGRESSION] diskdump works with mpt fusion too slow.

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 71fae31e5352c4fa4d12582938f123c2 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.src.rpm

i386: 96af80cf2b6b13ba697d531e011a6ab2 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 12212428cfdfe849651d208562490155 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm e005130561e2d1380bb9b79b10d0d422 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 8f842eb0377b68e100dc8ecfe6060a8d kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 5f2fc9b922a6540e01afc4e18e57a765 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 45ef47bce33ee702b1c381a9a9a494e5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 93d4eb42f17ad51cae8b5463a1959a30 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 931ac692f6b6438cf275c7382af80d4e kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm ac066af710b0239ac02167369edcdfe7 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: bddf17442cd069545b65a001e9f48222 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 2a976e19539a629858593bfbb4a76549 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 6b7d32cc452549b2cbb87b44d7030e78 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 02b8601db5e4b8744d6194b3aa2c2a8b kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 04eda6a8381f80643143fbb95288f8a8 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: ca0869512f974a15b88bdbff99d6e082 kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm

ppc: 3c8b3a2172b6b5c3413c500d9ee59fab kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ppc64.rpm a86799da3b862116afbe4e83cab98350 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 87481c83294d92b78d7d55b0744e40a6 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ppc64.rpm 210acd0cc9f415932e48b4586eef46ac kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 8b54d9b8547ce5041eff9f0b8e15ab36 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ppc64.rpm 127846bbd02521d943b0bfe719f50601 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 3c2611015a419854022266e26cd0cf28 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ppc64.rpm a1c2d8fb4c3df31b3b170d31e9293c57 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ppc64.rpm

s390: 2a9e942f01c3c9736765a69fc7035594 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.s390.rpm 21fa686d2b6ab4061ef734a9b45eed46 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.s390.rpm d2a8868e7b0785995605dbd38a884359 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.s390.rpm

s390x: a55409e46a6b6f8d949fee6743f74e30 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.s390x.rpm 9defe3074472da19e7c68e080471ff19 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.s390x.rpm 5992ce2a1bcb195a7b23416782406092 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.s390x.rpm

x86_64: db06d45fdecf81276cf310d96c365c50 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm d491438e388754f4756011a91f541d56 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 9c20fdf6c2b8ca3e7383bcc998d9ded1 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm be9a35b125804c2f6b2ac2881aad97a7 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 3eee37ba0eb4e8b742ac0b12048cd04f kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm ae76bb975de66c52043944b76f88b935 kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 246d932e69b533808041a9c179090944 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 29991e5a6a46a077eeccb9cb4dc0684e kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm ae91a97d112bfb7af7e4465fbd9bd871 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 71fae31e5352c4fa4d12582938f123c2 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.src.rpm

i386: 96af80cf2b6b13ba697d531e011a6ab2 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 12212428cfdfe849651d208562490155 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm e005130561e2d1380bb9b79b10d0d422 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 8f842eb0377b68e100dc8ecfe6060a8d kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 5f2fc9b922a6540e01afc4e18e57a765 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 45ef47bce33ee702b1c381a9a9a494e5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 93d4eb42f17ad51cae8b5463a1959a30 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 931ac692f6b6438cf275c7382af80d4e kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm ac066af710b0239ac02167369edcdfe7 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm

noarch: ca0869512f974a15b88bdbff99d6e082 kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: db06d45fdecf81276cf310d96c365c50 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm d491438e388754f4756011a91f541d56 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 9c20fdf6c2b8ca3e7383bcc998d9ded1 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm be9a35b125804c2f6b2ac2881aad97a7 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 3eee37ba0eb4e8b742ac0b12048cd04f kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm ae76bb975de66c52043944b76f88b935 kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 246d932e69b533808041a9c179090944 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 29991e5a6a46a077eeccb9cb4dc0684e kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm ae91a97d112bfb7af7e4465fbd9bd871 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 71fae31e5352c4fa4d12582938f123c2 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.src.rpm

i386: 96af80cf2b6b13ba697d531e011a6ab2 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 12212428cfdfe849651d208562490155 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm e005130561e2d1380bb9b79b10d0d422 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 8f842eb0377b68e100dc8ecfe6060a8d kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 5f2fc9b922a6540e01afc4e18e57a765 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 45ef47bce33ee702b1c381a9a9a494e5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 93d4eb42f17ad51cae8b5463a1959a30 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 931ac692f6b6438cf275c7382af80d4e kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm ac066af710b0239ac02167369edcdfe7 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: bddf17442cd069545b65a001e9f48222 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 2a976e19539a629858593bfbb4a76549 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 6b7d32cc452549b2cbb87b44d7030e78 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 02b8601db5e4b8744d6194b3aa2c2a8b kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 04eda6a8381f80643143fbb95288f8a8 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: ca0869512f974a15b88bdbff99d6e082 kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: db06d45fdecf81276cf310d96c365c50 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm d491438e388754f4756011a91f541d56 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 9c20fdf6c2b8ca3e7383bcc998d9ded1 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm be9a35b125804c2f6b2ac2881aad97a7 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 3eee37ba0eb4e8b742ac0b12048cd04f kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm ae76bb975de66c52043944b76f88b935 kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 246d932e69b533808041a9c179090944 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 29991e5a6a46a077eeccb9cb4dc0684e kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm ae91a97d112bfb7af7e4465fbd9bd871 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 71fae31e5352c4fa4d12582938f123c2 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.src.rpm

i386: 96af80cf2b6b13ba697d531e011a6ab2 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 12212428cfdfe849651d208562490155 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm e005130561e2d1380bb9b79b10d0d422 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 8f842eb0377b68e100dc8ecfe6060a8d kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 5f2fc9b922a6540e01afc4e18e57a765 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 45ef47bce33ee702b1c381a9a9a494e5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 93d4eb42f17ad51cae8b5463a1959a30 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm 931ac692f6b6438cf275c7382af80d4e kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm ac066af710b0239ac02167369edcdfe7 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: bddf17442cd069545b65a001e9f48222 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 2a976e19539a629858593bfbb4a76549 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 6b7d32cc452549b2cbb87b44d7030e78 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 02b8601db5e4b8744d6194b3aa2c2a8b kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm 04eda6a8381f80643143fbb95288f8a8 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: ca0869512f974a15b88bdbff99d6e082 kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: db06d45fdecf81276cf310d96c365c50 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm d491438e388754f4756011a91f541d56 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 9c20fdf6c2b8ca3e7383bcc998d9ded1 kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm be9a35b125804c2f6b2ac2881aad97a7 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 3eee37ba0eb4e8b742ac0b12048cd04f kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm ae76bb975de66c52043944b76f88b935 kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 246d932e69b533808041a9c179090944 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm 29991e5a6a46a077eeccb9cb4dc0684e kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm ae91a97d112bfb7af7e4465fbd9bd871 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm

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Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat kernel update memory issue important fix wireless LAN

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4997 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5494 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:1104-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1104.html
Issue date: 2007-12-19
Updated on: 2007-12-19
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat kernel update memory issue important fix wireless LAN

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, noarch, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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