Synopsis: Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update Issue date: 2011-03-01 CVE Names: CVE-2010-4249 CVE-2010-4251 CVE-2010-4655 This update fixes the following security issues: * A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collector for AF_UNIX sockets. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a denial of service (out-of-memory condition). (CVE-2010-4249, Moderate) * A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking subsystem. If the number of packets received exceeded the receiver's buffer limit, they were queued in a backlog, consuming memory, instead of being discarded. A remote attacker could abuse this flaw to cause a denial of service (out-of-memory condition). (CVE-2010-4251, Moderate) * A missing initialization flaw was found in the ethtool_get_regs() function in the Linux kernel's ethtool IOCTL handler. A local user who has the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could use this flaw to cause an information leak. (CVE-2010-4655, Low) This update also fixes several bugs. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. NOTE: For those who have tested our updated openafs package for SL5, you will need to enable the sl-testing repository to properly do this update. We apologize for this. yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update kernel\* Again, this is only for those who have updated openafs to 1.4.14 SL 5.x SRPMS: kernel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.i686.rpm Dependencies: kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5PAE-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5PAE-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5xen-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5PAE-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5PAE-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5xen-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5PAE-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5xen-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.x86_64.rpm Dependencies: kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5-1.2.0-2.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5xen-1.2.0-2.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5-1.4.12-79.sl5.x86_64.rpm kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5xen-1.4.12-79.sl5.x86_64.rpm -Connie Sieh -Troy Dawson