Red Hat: RHSA-2011:1530-03 Moderately Addressing Kernel DoS Vulnerabilities

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
This update fixes the following security issues:
* The proc file system could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain sensitive information or possibly cause integrity issues. (CVE-2011-1020, Moderate)
* Non-member VLAN (virtual LAN) packet handling for interfaces in promiscuous mode and also using the be2net driver could allow an attacker on the local network to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3347, Moderate)
* A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the way splitting two extents in ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized() worked. A local, unprivileged user with access to mount and unmount ext4 file systems could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3638, Moderate)
* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's key management facility handled user-defined key types. A local, unprivileged user could use the keyctl utility to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4110, Moderate)
Red Hat would like to thank Kees Cook for reporting CVE-2011-1020; Somnath Kotur for reporting CVE-2011-3347; and Zheng Liu for reporting CVE-2011-3638.
This update also fixes several hundred bugs and adds enhancements. Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Release Notes for information on the most significant of these changes, and the Technical Notes for further information, both linked to in the References.
All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 users are advised to install these updated packages, which correct these issues, and fix the bugs and add the enhancements noted in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Release Notes and Technical Notes. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.