Important: kernel security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2008:0129-5
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Important
Issued on:	2008-02-12
Last updated on:	2008-02-12
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20080129.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2008-0600

Details

Updated kernel packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

A flaw was found in vmsplice. An unprivileged local user could use this
flaw to gain root privileges. (CVE-2008-0600)

Red Hat is aware that a public exploit for this issue is available. This
issue did not affect the Linux kernels distributed with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0275	`fa877995f013fd57f8100ce56996257f`

IA-32:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`7039c31ab4a6d332ae8839f12035c671`
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`f1b0483042b710feaa1ff941e3da5b1e`
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`9df78847cdce45f3faa6b93f7ff057a4`
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`d8368d7f5b725a85081f6434224e1607`
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`2c8b91c367b3ccfed699c49e860f69e2`
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`8042ff7fa11dd5feb14b155aa8c32919`
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ccbe70db30dac3a58d327e3dd3325bf9`
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`5e974a887d5b80cf0f1360092ef94a1a`
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ce36ec30b9504a297b9356ae616ce3c5`
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`683360df4b8e6aadf6f3cc4a1cac6917`

IA-64:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`8effa95d3290a3888e69d78f5890b16f`
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`a0314e1053848e729e12affcf4bbb98c`
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`e9a7578311d4b42754b748972ba7c41e`
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`dbc0962e79f18ef37e24a2e0c9c1b654`
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ccbe70db30dac3a58d327e3dd3325bf9`
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`c38af3f623beacf0839e8293d599a071`
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`8df06ff4a90859f04b91ce6953caa484`
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`f856221d57a2bf085c92c2adb38a5928`

PPC:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`2fec7432d20416172c45cefcfa3a2043`
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`3c8d2db0e4bd4a95462ef5f4e8de08b7`
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`8d6847ba15eee5482e40952dcfe20c3f`
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`1a8f2229afb1941afd0f8b1f3767c67c`
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ccbe70db30dac3a58d327e3dd3325bf9`
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`46502d3f51160f0ebd907bb448409804`
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`5a3cba7023cf562a3230f65e80e065a6`
kernel-kdump-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ef13c1e9ad1d5e46793f46a4a8d3b754`
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`c744c3ec7cd70aa6b6f08dd4203cce85`

s390x:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`e31fa68328d0ef5e53a911847d96e315`
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`51aff576eff9bdcc2d2980ef17e1fcdd`
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`32c162c843523a60aedb182974bfcfa3`
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`41a282f30f2126c622ae54f1e23222b5`
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ccbe70db30dac3a58d327e3dd3325bf9`
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`de52cac7c3010351b46e9f6b25659d61`

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`cdd6446e8a5e48a7084718d990e9af7f`
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`52db88001f9fd83acaa0aa7f5de5bc22`
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`0769e8a71ac3de95221e8e05a9a9f40a`
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`cb877558eaeddd932c1f6cb0d12b5562`
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ccbe70db30dac3a58d327e3dd3325bf9`
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`8b797723c66c6014c7caa300429b61ce`
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`256a3a2adb409ed7c27d4924c3bf9821`
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`260e44e30b2abbd2d75dc4a0de9fe79f`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0275	`fa877995f013fd57f8100ce56996257f`

IA-32:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`7039c31ab4a6d332ae8839f12035c671`
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`f1b0483042b710feaa1ff941e3da5b1e`
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`9df78847cdce45f3faa6b93f7ff057a4`
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`d8368d7f5b725a85081f6434224e1607`
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`2c8b91c367b3ccfed699c49e860f69e2`
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`8042ff7fa11dd5feb14b155aa8c32919`
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ccbe70db30dac3a58d327e3dd3325bf9`
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`5e974a887d5b80cf0f1360092ef94a1a`
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ce36ec30b9504a297b9356ae616ce3c5`
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`683360df4b8e6aadf6f3cc4a1cac6917`

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`cdd6446e8a5e48a7084718d990e9af7f`
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`52db88001f9fd83acaa0aa7f5de5bc22`
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`0769e8a71ac3de95221e8e05a9a9f40a`
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`cb877558eaeddd932c1f6cb0d12b5562`
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`ccbe70db30dac3a58d327e3dd3325bf9`
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`8b797723c66c6014c7caa300429b61ce`
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`256a3a2adb409ed7c27d4924c3bf9821`
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0612	`260e44e30b2abbd2d75dc4a0de9fe79f`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

432251 - CVE-2008-0600 kernel vmsplice_to_pipe flaw

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0600
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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