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SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2007:059

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

SuSE Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

Check for the Version of kernel

Insight

Insight

The Linux kernel on openSUSE 10.3 was updated to fix a critical locking problem in the reiserfs code which lead to process deadlocks. This kernel update also fixes the following two security problems: - CVE-2006-6058: A local denial of service when mounting MINIX filesystems was fixed. - CVE-2007-4997: A 2 byte buffer underflow in the ieee80211 stack was fixed, which might be used by attackers in the local WLAN reach to crash the machine. and the following non security bugs: - Kernel update to 2.6.22.12 including fixes for: genirq, x86_64, Infiniband, networking, hwmon, device removal bug [#332612] - patches.drivers/alsa-hdsp-zero-division: hdsp - Fix zero division (mainline: 2.6.24-rc1) - patches.drivers/libata-ata_piix-properly_terminate_DMI_system_list: Fix improperly terminated array - patches.rt/patch-2.6.22.1-rt4.openSUSE: updated existing patch (RT only) - patches.drivers/alsa-hda-robust-probe: hda-intel - Improve HD-audio codec probing robustness [#172330] - patches.drivers/alsa-hda-probe-blacklist: hda-intel - Add probe_mask blacklist [#172330] - patches.fixes/megaraid_mbox-dell-cerc-support: Dell CERC support for megaraid_mbox [#267134] - patches.suse/reiserfs-use-reiserfs_error.diff: updated existing patch [#299604] - patches.arch/acpi_gpe_suspend_cleanup-fix.patch: ACPI: Call acpi_enable_wakeup_device at power_off (updated) [#299882] - patches.suse/ocfs2-15-fix-heartbeat-write.diff: Fix heartbeat block writing [#300730] - patches.suse/ocfs2-14-fix-notifier-hang.diff: Fix kernel hang during cluster initialization [#300730] - patches.arch/acpi_autoload_bay.patch: updated existing patch [#302482] - patches.suse/zc0301_not_claim_logitech_quickcamera.diff: stop the zc0301 driver from claiming the Logitech QuickCam [#307055] - patches.fixes/aux-at_vector_size.patch: Fixed kernel auxv vector overflow in some binfmt_misc cases [#310037] - patches.fixes/nfs-name-len-limit: NFS: Fix an Oops in encode_lookup() [#325913] - patches.arch/acpi_lid-resume.patch: ACPI: button: send initial lid state after add and resume [#326814] - patches.fixes/remove-transparent-bridge-sizing: PCI: remove transparent bridge sizing [#331027] - patches.fi ... Description truncated, for more information please check the Reference URL

Affected Software

Affected Software

kernel on openSUSE 10.3

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

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