Red Hat 6 RHSA-2000:037-05 Critical: Setuid Kernel Security Fix

Upgrade to kernel-2.2.16-3.

The procedure for upgrading the kernel is documented at:

https://www.redhat.com/en/services/support

Please read the directions for your architecture carefully before proceeding with the kernel upgrade.

5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):

11998 - Local root vulnerability in the kernel capabilities feature

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 6.2:

alpha:

sparc64:

i686:

i586:

i386:

sparc:

sources:

7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name 7135cd70a5b0896574a38363867637e2 6.2/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.16-3.src.rpm 8d2d1a5312c847a422633abde5178733 6.2/alpha/kernel-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 358b77b381dcf7e6e95e181eb271f368 6.2/alpha/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 3306014cf0d5d3cd6aaf3eb7b495c786 6.2/alpha/kernel-doc-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 89e60b43d47202dc7a237e287b60a39f 6.2/alpha/kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 6a166b661bc6e6b078d111c2a18ef1bf 6.2/alpha/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 88f53a2105dbf03801b10abc1ddfbbd8 6.2/alpha/kernel-source-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 51914ffb09fbe7df6d12a10f713f0b0a 6.2/alpha/kernel-utils-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm f639d81c76c4a35332f3f4b8bae40b0c 6.2/i386/kernel-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 08aa0ee0e630c0b740bca1eb630b598c 6.2/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm e6de480a599e9b4faa7cceab4ed73ce9 6.2/i386/kernel-doc-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 438d3cfcf28ca7beb39a94b4bd438cec 6.2/i386/kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 2b5026d45dc07324324dcb4cf936afe4 6.2/i386/kernel-ibcs-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm dcdf1ba8a2154b15789a3f660c71c166 6.2/i386/kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 94a8f4a294d743b78078274ef30722b8 6.2/i386/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 409750698f4d7a21ba3527880c2017fe 6.2/i386/kernel-source-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 4a7bb771616f294803342e71912a2847 6.2/i386/kernel-utils-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 3d8a9d1f0c9d8b12b4e1177ea406825d 6.2/i586/kernel-2.2.16-3.i586.rpm b672635137d91dd7142735749a401d0b 6.2/i586/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.i586.rpm a1f393d785a0f6d5e95de3ed7db9f24d 6.2/i686/kernel-2.2.16-3.i686.rpm 639811c51a7896a21d995616c126ca07 6.2/i686/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.i686.rpm 4deba2b9f3285d63b96daef2bcd599e4 6.2/sparc/kernel-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm 514d9ce2b85ec5954bf47e609a7f2048 6.2/sparc/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm d776ec3b12207a7122e13c802102b731 6.2/sparc/kernel-doc-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm 43fc3b6f6c71b232407c6099f444d9e8 6.2/sparc/kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm 3c509252e3d9a681afc2598ad28a688a 6.2/sparc/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm 0839ab7161bc75b40b09a0bbf7625a74 6.2/sparc/kernel-source-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm a9d8ebf3009225593ca63e9d587bd123 6.2/sparc/kernel-utils-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm 3cbfa4033d7a1fa10c0212595438dc36 6.2/sparc64/kernel-2.2.16-3.sparc64.rpm 3f0544a200923506293f26c977d7865e 6.2/sparc64/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.sparc64.rpm 68e67de6ca536719893fe8fb0d401561 6.2/sparc64/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.sparc64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:

You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig

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