Synopsis:	Important: kernel security update
Issue date:	2007-11-29
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4571  CVE-2007-4997
                 CVE-2007-5494

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues:

A memory leak was found in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch.  A
local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory
exhaustion). (CVE-2007-5494, Important)

A flaw was found in the handling of IEEE 802.11 frames affecting several
wireless LAN modules.  In certain circumstances, a remote attacker could
trigger this flaw by sending a malicious packet over a wireless network and
cause a denial of service (kernel crash). (CVE-2007-4997, Important).

A flaw was found in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). A local
user who had the ability to read the /proc/driver/snd-page-alloc file could
see portions of kernel memory. (CVE-2007-4571, Moderate).

In addition to the security issues described above, several bug fixes
preventing possible memory corruption, system crashes, SCSI I/O fails,
networking drivers performance regression and journaling block device layer
issue were also included.

SL 5.x

    SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.src.rpm
    i386:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i386.rpm
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
   Dependancies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-2.6.3-1.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5PAE-2.6.3-1.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-2.6.3-1.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5PAE-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-debuginfo-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5PAE-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5PAE-debuginfo-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-debuginfo-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-1.05-1.sl.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5PAE-1.05-1.sl.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-1.05-1.sl.i686.rpm
kmod-gfs-0.1.19-7.el5.1.i686.rpm
kmod-gfs-PAE-0.1.19-7.el5.1.i686.rpm
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.19-7.el5.1.i686.rpm

    x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
   Dependancies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-2.6.3-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-2.6.3-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5-1.49-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-1.4.4-42.SL5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-debuginfo-1.4.4-42.SL5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-1.4.4-42.SL5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-debuginfo-1.4.4-42.SL5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-1.05-1.sl.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen-1.05-1.sl.x86_64.rpm
kmod-gfs-0.1.19-7.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.19-7.el5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson