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Red Hat RHSA-2007:0014-01 Critical Kernel Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The recent kernel patch RHSA-2007:0015-01 from Red Hat rectifies critical vulnerabilities that could compromise system integrity and user safety.
Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. 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.

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

180663 - CVE-2006-4814 Race condition in mincore can cause "ps -ef" to hang 205335 - CVE-2006-4538 Local DoS with corrupted ELF 206328 - CVE-2006-5757 Linux kernel Filesystem Mount Dead Loop 207463 - CVE-2006-4813 Information leak in __block_prepare_write() 209435 - CVE-2006-5174 copy_from_user information leak on s390 212144 - CVE-2006-6535 unbalanced local_bh_enable() in dev_queue_xmit() 213214 - CVE-2006-5619 Lockup via /proc/net/ip6_flowlabel 213921 - SAN file systems becoming read-only 214288 - CVE-2006-5757 ISO9660 __find_get_block_slow() denial of service 216452 - CVE-2006-5751 Linux kernel get_fdb_entries() integer overflow 216958 - CVE-2006-5823 zlib_inflate memory corruption 217011 - CVE-2006-6056 SELinux superblock_doinit denial of service 217021 - CVE-2006-6054 ext2_check_page denial of service 217030 - CVE-2006-6053 ext3fs_dirhash denial of service 218602 - CVE-2006-6106 Multiple problems in net/bluetooth/cmtp/capi.c 220677 - CVE-2006-5753 listxattr syscall can corrupt user space programs 220971 - CVE-2006-5754 kernel panic in aio_free_ring()

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 4c5a52437396f7a13656d571c953f23d kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.src.rpm

i386: 9a273bb88feb2ba6de0a729f4303da77 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm bc271f3c7db9510f305efc3d571218fb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm dcdbe50947e78445971d26b80088d4a5 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm eaf0c5906009b600ae0d0b4d8dc10689 kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 4fda55afc62edb207d19859be66d0643 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 1a036e3aaa5ffc09a15e5941e33c37a0 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 425feebacc995306ad28e58b35a94956 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: 42c3f6b694e25790958aed0aecc5bcd0 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm a340710c18598dbace8534359937e156 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm 63d60b16a797bc511c1978eb785d4a51 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm 88c4b888ee5568cc25edf1a9ff870fbb kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm af29b49da4539869697ae837515efdd9 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: 632e04bf2018dc6ce16f8ea48fd7ef06 kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.noarch.rpm

ppc: 4177872245f3a38f80cd48416d3e26ec kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ppc64.rpm 1bced0760a374adb51c0be3558d08c0f kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm c258aeb007e926474f354c2460277063 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ppc64.rpm 52c874905009c6084d42517924baeb92 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 6d8b0391759a4ebb0fdd0ab9557f6e2b kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ppc64.rpm 504c22fedffe3211e3baf7cead42f4b2 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 67ba325845e53adb47491270cce6f25c kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ppc64.rpm 6913c4c29c66596002cafbeaf5e302e5 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ppc64.rpm

s390: 465a450fa33240414a60c8fc6b667d93 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.s390.rpm e0af614fd161d713f71dc8e68e359d6a kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.s390.rpm 85fd0c3ec8835e8db559534cea3c6499 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.s390.rpm

s390x: 7b864b4442b5bfeead88fc3e71ec23ed kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.s390x.rpm efbaa832acbda6abd53df156978f3af1 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.s390x.rpm 8aefa3b6fba894952ec26f65e531b3a9 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 8c9145fdf63eef95fb496e66c38d4bc7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 9299ae524c8c721e345d87f2b9bdcef6 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm e008222f297bf17d90b61445c7d70076 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 144ff394474bea230f46727ec9ed49c2 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 7d419a43de741200d188a389c3f6fa75 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm d8bb03294708f82e5724db0907d208dc kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm b825e00d12216be12e3a15c5be7b8082 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 4c5a52437396f7a13656d571c953f23d kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.src.rpm

i386: 9a273bb88feb2ba6de0a729f4303da77 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm bc271f3c7db9510f305efc3d571218fb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm dcdbe50947e78445971d26b80088d4a5 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm eaf0c5906009b600ae0d0b4d8dc10689 kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 4fda55afc62edb207d19859be66d0643 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 1a036e3aaa5ffc09a15e5941e33c37a0 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 425feebacc995306ad28e58b35a94956 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm

noarch: 632e04bf2018dc6ce16f8ea48fd7ef06 kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: 8c9145fdf63eef95fb496e66c38d4bc7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 9299ae524c8c721e345d87f2b9bdcef6 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm e008222f297bf17d90b61445c7d70076 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 144ff394474bea230f46727ec9ed49c2 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 7d419a43de741200d188a389c3f6fa75 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm d8bb03294708f82e5724db0907d208dc kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm b825e00d12216be12e3a15c5be7b8082 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 4c5a52437396f7a13656d571c953f23d kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.src.rpm

i386: 9a273bb88feb2ba6de0a729f4303da77 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm bc271f3c7db9510f305efc3d571218fb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm dcdbe50947e78445971d26b80088d4a5 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm eaf0c5906009b600ae0d0b4d8dc10689 kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 4fda55afc62edb207d19859be66d0643 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 1a036e3aaa5ffc09a15e5941e33c37a0 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 425feebacc995306ad28e58b35a94956 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: 42c3f6b694e25790958aed0aecc5bcd0 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm a340710c18598dbace8534359937e156 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm 63d60b16a797bc511c1978eb785d4a51 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm 88c4b888ee5568cc25edf1a9ff870fbb kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm af29b49da4539869697ae837515efdd9 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: 632e04bf2018dc6ce16f8ea48fd7ef06 kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: 8c9145fdf63eef95fb496e66c38d4bc7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 9299ae524c8c721e345d87f2b9bdcef6 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm e008222f297bf17d90b61445c7d70076 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 144ff394474bea230f46727ec9ed49c2 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 7d419a43de741200d188a389c3f6fa75 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm d8bb03294708f82e5724db0907d208dc kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm b825e00d12216be12e3a15c5be7b8082 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 4c5a52437396f7a13656d571c953f23d kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.src.rpm

i386: 9a273bb88feb2ba6de0a729f4303da77 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm bc271f3c7db9510f305efc3d571218fb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm dcdbe50947e78445971d26b80088d4a5 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm eaf0c5906009b600ae0d0b4d8dc10689 kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 4fda55afc62edb207d19859be66d0643 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 1a036e3aaa5ffc09a15e5941e33c37a0 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm 425feebacc995306ad28e58b35a94956 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: 42c3f6b694e25790958aed0aecc5bcd0 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm a340710c18598dbace8534359937e156 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm 63d60b16a797bc511c1978eb785d4a51 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm 88c4b888ee5568cc25edf1a9ff870fbb kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm af29b49da4539869697ae837515efdd9 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: 632e04bf2018dc6ce16f8ea48fd7ef06 kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: 8c9145fdf63eef95fb496e66c38d4bc7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 9299ae524c8c721e345d87f2b9bdcef6 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm e008222f297bf17d90b61445c7d70076 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 144ff394474bea230f46727ec9ed49c2 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm 7d419a43de741200d188a389c3f6fa75 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm d8bb03294708f82e5724db0907d208dc kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm b825e00d12216be12e3a15c5be7b8082 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm

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Summary

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4538 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4813 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4814 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5174 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5619 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5751 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5753 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5754 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5757 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5823 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6053 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6054 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6056 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6106 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6535 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0014-01
Issue date: 2007-01-30
Updated on: 2007-01-30
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: nahant kernel update

Topic

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

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