Red Hat has finally managed to release a patch for the previously reported critical Linux kernel vulnerability. Red Hat's initial response was to provide a workaround for the problem that involved blacklisting certain network protocols, preventing the exploit from functioning. Novell has also released updates for openSUSE 10.3 to 11.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

The link for this article located at H Security is no longer available.