Synopsis: Important: kernel security update Issue date: 2010-08-30 CVE Names: CVE-2010-2240 This update fixes the following security issue: * when an application has a stack overflow, the stack could silently overwrite another memory mapped area instead of a segmentation fault occurring, which could cause an application to execute arbitrary code, possibly leading to privilege escalation. It is known that the X Window System server can be used to trigger this flaw. (CVE-2010-2240, Important) The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. SL 5.x SRPMS: kernel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.i386.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.i686.rpm Dependencies: kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5PAE-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5PAE-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5PAE-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5xen-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5PAE-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5xen-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5.x86_64.rpm Dependencies: kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-1.4.11-76.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5-1.4.12-79.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5xen-1.4.11-76.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5xen-1.4.12-79.sl5.x86_64.rpm -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson