Synopsis:	Important: kernel security update
Issue date:	2010-01-07
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4567 CVE-2009-4536 CVE-2009-4537
                 CVE-2009-4538

CVE-2007-4567 kernel: ipv6_hop_jumbo remote system crash
CVE-2009-4537 kernel: r8169 issue reported at 26c3
CVE-2009-4538 kernel: e1000e frame fragment issue
CVE-2009-4536 kernel: e1000 issue reported at 26c3

This update fixes the following security issues:

* a flaw was found in the IPv6 Extension Header (EH) handling
implementation in the Linux kernel. The skb->dst data structure was not
properly validated in the ipv6_hop_jumbo() function. This could possibly
lead to a remote denial of service. (CVE-2007-4567, Important)

* a flaw was found in each of the following Intel PRO/1000 Linux drivers 
in the Linux kernel: e1000 and e1000e. A remote attacker using packets 
larger than the MTU could bypass the existing fragment check, resulting 
in partial, invalid frames being passed to the network stack. These 
flaws could also possibly be used to trigger a remote denial of service.
(CVE-2009-4536, CVE-2009-4538, Important)

* a flaw was found in the Realtek r8169 Ethernet driver in the Linux
kernel. Receiving overly-long frames with network cards supported by 
this driver could possibly result in a remote denial of service. 
(CVE-2009-4537, Important)

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Note1: Due to the fuse kernel module now being part of the kernel, we
are updating fuse on the older releases to match the fuse that was
released by The Upstream Vendor.

Note2: xfs is now part of the kernel in x86_64.  Because of this there
is no kernel-module-xfs for x86_64.

Note3: ipw3945 support has been changed to iwlwifi3945 in SL 54, and is
in the kernel.  Because of this there is no kernel-module-ipw3945 for SL54.

Note4: Support for the Atheros chipset in now in the kernel.  We are not
sure if the infrastructure is in place for SL 50-53, so we are still
providing the madwifi kernel modules for SL 50-53.

SL 5.x

     SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.src.rpm
     i386:
kernel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.i386.rpm
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.i686.rpm
   Dependancies:
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5PAE-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5PAE-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-1.4.11-76.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5PAE-1.4.11-76.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-1.4.11-76.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5PAE-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm
   Dependancies SL50-SL53:
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5PAE-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5PAE-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5PAE-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm

     x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
   Dependancies:
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-1.4.11-76.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-1.4.11-76.sl5.x86_64.rpm
   Dependancies SL50-SL53:
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-1.2.0-2.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-1.2.0-2.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-164.10.1.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm


-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson