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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: RHSA-2007:0939-01 Important: Kernel Security

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Calendar Grey November 1, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical kernel patch available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux addressing numerous vulnerabilities. Upgrade recommended.
Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available

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/):

247726 - CVE-2007-2878 VFAT compat ioctls DoS on 64-bit 248126 - autofs problem with symbolic links 248325 - CVE-2007-3105 Bound check ordering issue in random driver 250972 - CVE-2007-3848 Privilege escalation via PR_SET_PDEATHSIG 252309 - CVE-2007-4308 Missing ioctl() permission checks in aacraid driver 275881 - CVE-2007-3740 CIFS should honor umask 275901 - CVE-2007-3843 CIFS signing sec= mount options don't work correctly 282351 - [PATCH] Fix memory leak of dma_alloc_coherent() on x86_64 288961 - CVE-2007-4571 ALSA memory disclosure flaw 294941 - CVE-2007-3739 LTC36188-Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions 302921 - CVE-2006-6921 denial of service with wedged processes 320791 - EL4.5: Improperly flushed TLBs may lead to Machine check errors

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 05de745759b5c8a22ca6b5e3ca43d9c1 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.src.rpm

i386: e4502cfa841859482a9e656a00dfa378 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 265629a984fdf2e1ce7839ce56a66d0e kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 4c8f00e190b9776a76c9166fae07f4d3 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 3415929d9860d0ce93a62e3bed2a1c4e kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm affd7729217f9d7e2cc4b67b8aaa3e0c kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm e1d8a0aa1c0fc1a7320a5cddae9d4b00 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 31855f5d50144c07ac1d9b33ee4b83c4 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 86ba089d0c80db2a3e0be5b780628bb1 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 9083f2e35e2c34c6750f6d0415641b23 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: 5b0f989940a5674f891afca5c01908a6 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm 1a270633d11ea644a36b11d710239d1d kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm 8758ee9e4b451c34122d5988b9e43a40 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm fbc45681c832a80c66dfe7716d76d0af kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm 8daedec74af48be4e0a1a783533a3107 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: 01a3c553a08e89baebbdf5b1f511279c kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.noarch.rpm

ppc: 54843a74a5870f93d67cc67363426524 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64.rpm d518efa6e99b1d20efec593cab333c91 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm d148cbdb91d2744a01a5428d145a7c69 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64.rpm 3840facd65c5d75a69a6ad6f241138f9 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 2ce87d2e205bcba663afc222b9506c1c kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64.rpm e2710ec08d15547dc24c1ed9d287f04d kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm cf26e13843a00f1c85b70444cf5f9c1b kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64.rpm 1e1258a0c4f4ae4f17b385f7916e0b2f kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64.rpm

s390: 313162103b8a455a3d83db5ea9b4c84f kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.s390.rpm bf5c132eb2f9cc56e429d13a29a8e524 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.s390.rpm 27305956f172c034301649f12bd7c6c8 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.s390.rpm

s390x: cdef1657e7a0e86b00700374c3c76242 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.s390x.rpm 319e563576da0b695b348927c503740e kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.s390x.rpm e3b4ae4f46b2cdd8c94d296b85a54330 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.s390x.rpm

x86_64: ca11df7a9e610c5ad9bac211f002677e kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 76fea225ad7e2f050effcfb929ee130c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 907f67f0036f60e010b77eef5712c534 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm faeb64ba6233c9f076d2e56ffc25a70a kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 3bc2b6e31638997ef62ce46163d63631 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 52b44370c80747d3635d3f08843ddb69 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm a619ed2995512e918c9452311b38b25c kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 3e61075647e1d82e91933b191d68d04b kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 4694b9d4f08f0950a8c87f60cdac749a kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 05de745759b5c8a22ca6b5e3ca43d9c1 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.src.rpm

i386: e4502cfa841859482a9e656a00dfa378 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 265629a984fdf2e1ce7839ce56a66d0e kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 4c8f00e190b9776a76c9166fae07f4d3 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 3415929d9860d0ce93a62e3bed2a1c4e kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm affd7729217f9d7e2cc4b67b8aaa3e0c kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm e1d8a0aa1c0fc1a7320a5cddae9d4b00 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 31855f5d50144c07ac1d9b33ee4b83c4 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 86ba089d0c80db2a3e0be5b780628bb1 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 9083f2e35e2c34c6750f6d0415641b23 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm

noarch: 01a3c553a08e89baebbdf5b1f511279c kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: ca11df7a9e610c5ad9bac211f002677e kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 76fea225ad7e2f050effcfb929ee130c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 907f67f0036f60e010b77eef5712c534 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm faeb64ba6233c9f076d2e56ffc25a70a kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 3bc2b6e31638997ef62ce46163d63631 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 52b44370c80747d3635d3f08843ddb69 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm a619ed2995512e918c9452311b38b25c kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 3e61075647e1d82e91933b191d68d04b kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 4694b9d4f08f0950a8c87f60cdac749a kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 05de745759b5c8a22ca6b5e3ca43d9c1 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.src.rpm

i386: e4502cfa841859482a9e656a00dfa378 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 265629a984fdf2e1ce7839ce56a66d0e kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 4c8f00e190b9776a76c9166fae07f4d3 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 3415929d9860d0ce93a62e3bed2a1c4e kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm affd7729217f9d7e2cc4b67b8aaa3e0c kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm e1d8a0aa1c0fc1a7320a5cddae9d4b00 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 31855f5d50144c07ac1d9b33ee4b83c4 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 86ba089d0c80db2a3e0be5b780628bb1 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 9083f2e35e2c34c6750f6d0415641b23 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: 5b0f989940a5674f891afca5c01908a6 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm 1a270633d11ea644a36b11d710239d1d kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm 8758ee9e4b451c34122d5988b9e43a40 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm fbc45681c832a80c66dfe7716d76d0af kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm 8daedec74af48be4e0a1a783533a3107 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: 01a3c553a08e89baebbdf5b1f511279c kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: ca11df7a9e610c5ad9bac211f002677e kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 76fea225ad7e2f050effcfb929ee130c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 907f67f0036f60e010b77eef5712c534 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm faeb64ba6233c9f076d2e56ffc25a70a kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 3bc2b6e31638997ef62ce46163d63631 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 52b44370c80747d3635d3f08843ddb69 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm a619ed2995512e918c9452311b38b25c kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 3e61075647e1d82e91933b191d68d04b kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 4694b9d4f08f0950a8c87f60cdac749a kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 05de745759b5c8a22ca6b5e3ca43d9c1 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.src.rpm

i386: e4502cfa841859482a9e656a00dfa378 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 265629a984fdf2e1ce7839ce56a66d0e kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 4c8f00e190b9776a76c9166fae07f4d3 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 3415929d9860d0ce93a62e3bed2a1c4e kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm affd7729217f9d7e2cc4b67b8aaa3e0c kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm e1d8a0aa1c0fc1a7320a5cddae9d4b00 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 31855f5d50144c07ac1d9b33ee4b83c4 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 86ba089d0c80db2a3e0be5b780628bb1 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm 9083f2e35e2c34c6750f6d0415641b23 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: 5b0f989940a5674f891afca5c01908a6 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm 1a270633d11ea644a36b11d710239d1d kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm 8758ee9e4b451c34122d5988b9e43a40 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm fbc45681c832a80c66dfe7716d76d0af kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm 8daedec74af48be4e0a1a783533a3107 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: 01a3c553a08e89baebbdf5b1f511279c kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: ca11df7a9e610c5ad9bac211f002677e kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 76fea225ad7e2f050effcfb929ee130c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 907f67f0036f60e010b77eef5712c534 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm faeb64ba6233c9f076d2e56ffc25a70a kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 3bc2b6e31638997ef62ce46163d63631 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 52b44370c80747d3635d3f08843ddb69 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm a619ed2995512e918c9452311b38b25c kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 3e61075647e1d82e91933b191d68d04b kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm 4694b9d4f08f0950a8c87f60cdac749a kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64.rpm

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Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat exploit important kernel local user SCSI

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6921 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2878 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3105 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3739 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3740 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3843 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3848 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4308 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4571 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List


Severity
important
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0939-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0939.html
Issue date: 2007-11-01
Updated on: 2007-11-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat exploit important kernel local user SCSI

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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