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Synopsis: Moderate: kernel security and bug fixes
Issue Date: 2012-05-15
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-4086
CVE-2012-1601
This update fixes the following security issues:
* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's journal_unmap_buffer()
function handled buffer head states. On systems that have an ext4 file
system with a journal mounted, a local, unprivileged user could use this
flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4086, Moderate)
* A flaw was found in the way the KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl was handled.
Calling this ioctl when at least one virtual CPU (VCPU) already existed
could lead to a NULL pointer dereference later when the VCPU is scheduled
to run. A local, unprivileged user on a KVM host could use this flaw to
crash the host. (CVE-2012-1601, Moderate)
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
SL6:
i386
kernel-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch
kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team
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