Security update for Linux kernel

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(Last modified: 18MAR2008)

solutions Security update for Linux kernel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (7494a86d66f662e33c4a4a005ae22828)

Applies to

Package: kernel-s390x
kernel-s390x-debug
kernel-source
kernel-syms
um-host-kernel
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
Patch: patch-12110
Release: 20080318
Obsoletes: 827336eba0b981348d8adf61e29b1031

Indications

Everyone using the Linux Kernel should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This kernel update fixes the following security problems:

Memory overrun vulnerability in ISDN code (CVE-2007-6151)
Insufficient range checks of certain fault handlers (CVE-2008-0007)
Reset current->pdeath_signal on SUID binary execution (CVE-2007-3848)
aacraid: Fix range checks (CVE-2007-4308).
fixed a remote buffer overflow in CIFS (CVE-2007-5904)

Further improvements include:

Several kernel crashes addressed.
Improvements to running as a VMWare guest.
Update of OCFS2 to 1.2.8-2.
New code drop for the s390 architecture.

For details and a complete list of changes, please refer to the package changelog.

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 kernel-s390x.rpm kernel-source.rpm kernel-syms.rpm

zipl

When rebooting the Linux on zSeries z/VM guests, please ensure that you have installed the PTFs for APAR VM63742:

z/VM 4.4: UM31426
z/VM 5.1: UM31428

Otherwise re-boot under z/VM will not work anymore.
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

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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