Security update for Linux Kernel (kernel-source)
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(Last modified: 04DEC2003)
solutions Security update for Linux Kernel (kernel-source) SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (2e58f212aedf1e86ffb5ff465463a8eb)
SuSE Linux Office Server
Package: kernel-source
Release: 20031204
Obsoletes: none
brk()
system call that allows local attackers to obtain super user privilege (CAN-2003-0961). This update also fixes a race condition in the handling of files opened
with
O_DIRECT
, which allows local attackers to read random unallocateddisk blocks (CAN-2003-0018).
rpm -Fvh kernel-source.rpm
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