The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200403-02.

Users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available sources for their system: # emerge sync # emerge -pv your-favourite-sources # emerge your-favourite-sources # # Follow usual procedure for compiling and installing a kernel. # # If you use genkernel, run genkernel as you would do normally. # # IF YOUR KERNEL IS MARKED as 'remerge required!' THEN # # YOU SHOULD UPDATE YOUR KERNEL EVEN IF PORTAGE # # REPORTS THAT THE SAME VERSION IS INSTALLED. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200403-02 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42024 http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0014-mremap-unmap.txt

A critical security vulnerability has been found in recent Linux kernels by Paul Starzetz of iSEC Security Research which allows for local privilege escalations.