Security update for Linux Kernel (k_smp)
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Package: k_smp
Release: 20031204
Obsoletes: none
This article applies to systems with the
k_smp
kernel package installed, please use the appropriate kernel package if you are using a different kernel:- "Security update for Linux Kernel (k_i386) " (http://sdb.suse.de/en/psdb/html/8d23023cde0828f6845ec802e2ab014b.html)
- "Security update for Linux Kernel (k_deflt) " (http://sdb.suse.de/en/psdb/html/c336417a59ecd24afaa2c2aa80031d83.html)
- "Security update for Linux Kernel (k_psmp) " (http://sdb.suse.de/en/psdb/html/e55ef20ded3122aaecaa9df12cdf2336.html)
rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz
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 -Uvh k_smp.rpm
Please make sure that you execute the commands
mk_initrd lilo
as user "
root
" after installing this update for the system to be bootable.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.)Download Source Packages
Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.
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