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Synopsis: Important: kernel security update
Issue date: 2009-08-27
CVE Names: CVE-2009-2692 CVE-2009-2698
CVE-2009-2692 kernel: uninit op in SOCKOPS_WRAP() leads to privesc
CVE-2009-2698 kernel: udp socket NULL ptr dereference
These updated packages fix the following security issues:
* a flaw was found in the SOCKOPS_WRAP macro in the Linux kernel. This
macro did not initialize the sendpage operation in the proto_ops
structure correctly. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to
cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2009-2692, Important)
* a flaw was found in the udp_sendmsg() implementation in the Linux
kernel when using the MSG_MORE flag on UDP sockets. A local,
unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service
or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-2698, Important)
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
SL 3.0.x
SRPMS:
kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm
kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm
kernel-doc-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm
kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm
kernel-smp-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-source-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm
Dependancies:
kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-60.EL-1.2.13-15.18.SL.athlon.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-60.EL-1.2.13-15.18.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-60.ELsmp-1.2.13-15.18.SL.athlon.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-60.ELsmp-1.2.13-15.18.SL.i686.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.ia32e.rpm
kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.4.21-60.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-2.4.21-60.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-source-2.4.21-60.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.ia32e.rpm
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.x86_64.rpm
Dependancies:
kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-60.EL-1.2.13-15.18.SL.ia32e.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-60.EL-1.2.13-15.18.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-60.ELsmp-1.2.13-15.18.SL.x86_64.rpm
-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson
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