Please Install the Updated Packages.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. * the Xen implementation did not prevent applications running in a para-virtualized guest from modifying CR4 TSC. This could cause a local denial of service. (CVE-2007-5907, Important) * Tavis Ormandy reported missing boundary checks in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges. (CVE-2008-3527, Important) * the do_truncate() and generic_file_splice_write() functions did not clear the setuid and setgid bits. This could allow a local unprivileged user to obtain access to privileged information. (CVE-2008-4210, CVE-2008-3833, Important) * a flaw was found in the Linux kernel splice implementation. This could cause a local denial of service when there is a certain failure in the add_to_page_cache_lru() function. (CVE-2008-4302, Important) * a flaw was found in the Linux kernel when running on AMD64 systems. During a context switch, EFLAGS were being neither saved nor restored. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-5755, Low) * a flaw was found in the Linux kernel virtual memory implementation. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2372, Low) * an integer overflow was discovered in the Linux kernel Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) implementation. This could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. By default, remote DCCP is blocked by SELinux. (CVE-2008-3276, Low) In addition, these updated packages fix the following bugs: * random32() seeding has been improved. * in a multi-core environment, a race between the QP async event-handler and the destro_qp() function could occur. This led to unpredictable results during invalid memory access, which could lead to a kernel crash. * a format string was omitted in the call to the request_module() function. * a stack overflow caused by an infinite recursion bug in the binfmt_misc kernel module was corrected. * the ata_scsi_rbuf_get() and ata_scsi_rbuf_put() functions now check for scatterlist usage before calling kmap_atomic(). * a sentinel NUL byte was added to the device_write() function to ensure that lspace.name is NUL-terminated. * in the character device driver, a range_is_allowed() check was added to the read_mem() and write_mem() functions. It was possible for an illegitimate application to b ... Description truncated, for more information please check the Reference URL

kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

• https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2008-November/msg00001.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25