Synopsis: Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update Issue date: 2010-11-09 CVE Names: CVE-2010-3066 CVE-2010-3067 CVE-2010-3078 CVE-2010-3086 CVE-2010-3477 This update fixes the following security issues: * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the io_submit_one() function in the Linux kernel asynchronous I/O implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2010-3066, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the xfs_ioc_fsgetxattr() function in the Linux kernel XFS file system implementation. A data structure in xfs_ioc_fsgetxattr() was not initialized properly before being copied to user-space. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause an information leak. (CVE-2010-3078, Moderate) * The exception fixup code for the __futex_atomic_op1, __futex_atomic_op2, and futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic() macros replaced the LOCK prefix with a NOP instruction. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2010-3086, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the tcf_act_police_dump() function in the Linux kernel network traffic policing implementation. A data structure in tcf_act_police_dump() was not initialized properly before being copied to user-space. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause an information leak. (CVE-2010-3477, Moderate) * A missing upper bound integer check was found in the sys_io_submit() function in the Linux kernel asynchronous I/O implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause an information leak. (CVE-2010-3067, Low) This update also fixes several bugs. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. SL 5.x SRPMS: kernel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.i386.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.i686.rpm Dependancies: kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5PAE-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5PAE-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5PAE-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5PAE-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5PAE-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5PAE-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5PAE-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.x86_64.rpm Dependancies: kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-1.2.0-2.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-1.2.0-2.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-1.4.11-76.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5-1.4.12-79.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-1.4.11-76.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen-1.4.12-79.sl5.x86_64.rpm -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson