Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update Issue date: 2010-08-05 CVE Names: CVE-2010-2248 CVE-2010-2521 This update fixes the following security issues: * a flaw was found in the CIFSSMBWrite() function in the Linux kernel Common Internet File System (CIFS) implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted SMB response packet to a target CIFS client, resulting in a kernel panic (denial of service). (CVE-2010-2248, Important) * buffer overflow flaws were found in the Linux kernel's implementation of the server-side External Data Representation (XDR) for the Network File System (NFS) version 4. An attacker on the local network could send a specially-crafted large compound request to the NFSv4 server, which could possibly result in a kernel panic (denial of service) or, potentially, code execution. (CVE-2010-2521, Important) This update also fixes the following bug: * the rpc_call_async() function in the SUN Remote Procedure Call (RPC) subsystem in the Linux kernel had a reference counting bug. In certain situations, some Network Lock Manager (NLM) messages may have triggered this bug on NFSv2 and NFSv3 servers, leading to a kernel panic (with "kernel BUG at fs/lockd/host.c:[xxx]!" logged to "/var/log/messages"). (BZ#612962) The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. SL 4.x SRPMS: kernel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.noarch.rpm kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.i686.rpm kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.i686.rpm kernel-smp-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.i686.rpm kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.i686.rpm kernel-xenU-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.i686.rpm kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.i686.rpm Dependancies: kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELhugemem-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELhugemem-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELhugemem-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELhugemem-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.i686.rpm kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELhugemem-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-3.1.2-3.i686.rpm kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELhugemem-3.1.2-3.i686.rpm kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-3.1.2-3.i686.rpm kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-3.1.2-3.i686.rpm kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-1.1.5-3.i686.rpm kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-1.1.5-3.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.noarch.rpm kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.x86_64.rpm kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.x86_64.rpm kernel-smp-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.x86_64.rpm kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.x86_64.rpm kernel-xenU-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.x86_64.rpm kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.x86_64.rpm Dependancies kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELlargesmp-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELlargesmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELlargesmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELlargesmp-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELlargesmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-3.1.2-3.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELlargesmp-3.1.2-3.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-3.1.2-3.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELxenU-3.1.2-3.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL-1.1.5-3.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp-1.1.5-3.x86_64.rpm -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson