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Security update for Linux kernel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (10563fc51e4a944b1c3b88b120fbe696) applies to : k_deflt kernel-source Product(s): SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM zSeries Patch: patch-10862 Release: 20060214 Obsoletes: 93d7c163efacc0665439a7d2c93341d1 indications Everyone using the Linux Kernel should update. contraindications None. problem description This update fixes the following security problems: CVE-2005-3623: Remote users could set ACLs even on read-only exported NFS filesystems and so circumvent access control. CVE-2004-1058: A race condition was fixed which could allow local users to read environment variables of another process. This is a reissue of an earlier fix in the 2.6 kernel also present in the 2.4 kernel. CVE-2005-2553: Fixed an oops when a 64bit binary was traced with a 32bit ltrace. This problem only affects the x86-64 platform. Also the following bugs were fixed: Allow building the kernel with newer binutils. Validate NFS inodes returned by cached lookups to avoid spurious stale NFS file handles. Retry failing allocations on ext3 filesystems multiple times, in case space is freed on pending ext3 journal releases. solution Please install the updates provided at the location noted below. installation notes This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command: rpm -Fvh k_deflt.rpm zipl Finally, reboot the system with shutdown -r now to load the new kernel (replace "now" with the appropriate amount of time to allow local users to cleanly log out, for example "+5" for five minutes.) links to download packages SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM zSeries (s390x)

Document Title: Security update for Linux kernel Document ID: 10563fc51e4a944b1c3b88b120fbe696 Creation Date: 14FEB2006 Modified Date: 14FEB2006 Novell Product Class: SuSE Novell Product and Version: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IBM zSeries

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