Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the isdn_ioctl function.

The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including remote code execution vulnerabilities, in the following components :

  - ISC DHCP dhclient
  - Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem
  - Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
  - Java SE Development Kit (JDK)
  - Java SE Web Start
  - Linux kernel
  - Linux kernel 32-bit and 64-bit emulation
  - Linux kernel Simple Internet Transition INET6
  - Linux kernel tty
  - Linux kernel virtual file system (VFS)
  - Red Hat dhcpd init script for DHCP
  - SBNI WAN driver

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

  - fix utrace dead_engine ops race

  - fix ptrace_attach leak

  - CVE-2007-5093: kernel PWC driver DoS

  - CVE-2007-6282: IPSec ESP kernel panics

  - CVE-2007-6712: kernel: infinite loop in highres timers     (kernel hang)

  - CVE-2008-1615: kernel: ptrace: Unprivileged crash on     x86_64 %cs corruption

  - CVE-2008-1294: kernel: setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPUINFO) with     zero value doesn't inherit properly across children

  - CVE-2008-2136: kernel: sit memory leak

  - CVE-2008-2812: kernel: NULL ptr dereference in multiple     network drivers due to missing checks in tty code

  - restore     linux-2.6-x86-clear-df-flag-for-signal-handlers.patch

  - restore linux-2.6-utrace.patch /     linux-2.6-xen-utrace.patch

  - Kernel security erratas for OVM 2.1.2 from bz#5932 :

  - CVE-2007-6063: isdn: fix possible isdn_net buffer     overflows

  - CVE-2007-3104 Null pointer to an inode in a dentry can     cause an oops in sysfs_readdir

  - CVE-2008-0598: write system call vulnerability

  - CVE-2008-1375: kernel: race condition in dnotify

  - CVE-2008-0001: kernel: filesystem corruption by     unprivileged user via directory truncation

  - CVE-2008-2358: dccp: sanity check feature length

  - CVE-2007-5938: NULL dereference in iwl driver

  - RHSA-2008:0508: kernel: [x86_64] The string instruction     version didn't zero the output on exception.

  - kernel: clear df flag for signal handlers

  - fs: missing dput in do_lookup error leaks dentries

  - sysfs: fix condition check in sysfs_drop_dentry

  - sysfs: fix race condition around sd->s_dentry

  - ieee80211: off-by-two integer underflow

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0973 :

Updated kernel packages that resolve several security issues and fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

This update addresses the following security issues :

* Tavis Ormandy discovered a deficiency in the Linux kernel 32-bit and 64-bit emulation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to prepare and run a specially crafted binary which would use this deficiency to leak uninitialized and potentially sensitive data.
(CVE-2008-0598, Important)

* a possible kernel memory leak was found in the Linux kernel Simple Internet Transition (SIT) INET6 implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2136, Important)

* missing capability checks were found in the SBNI WAN driver which could allow a local user to bypass intended capability restrictions.
(CVE-2008-3525, Important)

* the do_truncate() and generic_file_splice_write() functions did not clear the setuid and setgid bits. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain access to privileged information.
(CVE-2008-4210, Important)

* a buffer overflow flaw was found in Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6063, Moderate)

* multiple NULL pointer dereferences were found in various Linux kernel network drivers. These drivers were missing checks for terminal validity, which could allow privilege escalation. (CVE-2008-2812, Moderate)

* a deficiency was found in the Linux kernel virtual filesystem (VFS) implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to attempt file creation within deleted directories, possibly causing a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3275, Moderate)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

* the incorrect kunmap function was used in nfs_xdr_readlinkres.
kunmap() was used where kunmap_atomic() should have been. As a consequence, if an NFSv2 or NFSv3 server exported a volume containing a symlink which included a path equal to or longer than the local system's PATH_MAX, accessing the link caused a kernel oops. This has been corrected in this update.

* mptctl_gettargetinfo did not check if pIoc3 was NULL before using it as a pointer. This caused a kernel panic in mptctl_gettargetinfo in some circumstances. A check has been added which prevents this.

* lost tick compensation code in the timer interrupt routine triggered without apparent cause. When running as a fully-virtualized client, this spurious triggering caused the 64-bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to present highly inaccurate times. With this update the lost tick compensation code is turned off when the operating system is running as a fully-virtualized client under Xen or VMware(r).

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users should install this updated kernel which addresses these vulnerabilities and fixes these bugs.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0154 advisory.

    [2.6.18-53.1.14.0.1.el5]
     - [NET] Add entropy support to e1000 and bnx2 (John Sobecki) [orabug      6045759]
     - [NET] Fix msi issue with kexec/kdump (Michael Chan) [orabug 6219364]
     - [MM] Fix alloc_pages_node() static `nid' race made kernel crash (Joe      Jin) [orabug 6187457]
     - [splice] Fix bad unlock_page() in error case  (Jens Axboe) [orabug      6263574]
     - [dio] fix error-path crashes (Linus Torvalds) [orabug 6242289]

     [2.6.18-53.1.14.el5]
     - merge from 2.6.18-53.1.13 to 2.6.18-53.1.12
     - [nfs] potential file corruption issue when writing (Jeff Layton ) [432078]
     - [ppc] chrp: fix possible strncmp NULL pointer usage (Vitaly Mayatskikh      ) [396821]
     - [isdn] i4l: fix memory overruns (Vitaly Mayatskikh ) [425171]
     - [isdn] fix possible isdn_net buffer overflows (Aristeu Rozanski )      [392151] {CVE-2007-6063}
     - [mm] hugepages: leak due to pagetable page sharing (Larry Woodman )      [431522]
     - [net] NULL dereference in iwl driver (Vitaly Mayatskikh ) [401421]      {CVE-2007-5938}
     - [misc] Denial of service with wedged processes (Jerome Marchand ) [221403]
     - [xen] ia64: hvm guest memory range checking (Jarod Wilson ) [408701]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0055 :

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

These updated kernel packages fix the following security issues :

A flaw was found in the virtual filesystem (VFS). A local unprivileged user could truncate directories to which they had write permission;
this could render the contents of the directory inaccessible.
(CVE-2008-0001, Important)

A flaw was found in the implementation of ptrace. A local unprivileged user could trigger this flaw and possibly cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2007-5500, Important)

A flaw was found in the way the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel handled page faults when a CPU used the NUMA method for accessing memory on Itanium architectures. A local unprivileged user could trigger this flaw and cause a denial of service (system panic).
(CVE-2007-4130, Important)

A possible NULL pointer dereference was found in the chrp_show_cpuinfo function when using the PowerPC architecture. This may have allowed a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service (crash).
(CVE-2007-6694, Moderate)

A flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user can get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate)

Two buffer overflow flaws were found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use these flaws to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6063, CVE-2007-6151, Moderate)

As well, these updated packages fix the following bug :

* when moving volumes that contain multiple segments, and a mirror segment is not the first in the mapping table, running the 'pvmove /dev/[device] /dev/[device]' command caused a kernel panic. A 'kernel:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address [address]' error was logged by syslog.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

This update addresses the following security issues :

  - Tavis Ormandy discovered a deficiency in the Linux     kernel 32-bit and 64-bit emulation. This could allow a     local, unprivileged user to prepare and run a specially     crafted binary which would use this deficiency to leak     uninitialized and potentially sensitive data.
    (CVE-2008-0598, Important)

  - a possible kernel memory leak was found in the Linux     kernel Simple Internet Transition (SIT) INET6     implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged     user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2136,     Important)

  - missing capability checks were found in the SBNI WAN     driver which could allow a local user to bypass intended     capability restrictions. (CVE-2008-3525, Important)

  - the do_truncate() and generic_file_splice_write()     functions did not clear the setuid and setgid bits. This     could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain access     to privileged information. (CVE-2008-4210, Important)

  - a buffer overflow flaw was found in Integrated Services     Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2007-6063, Moderate)

  - multiple NULL pointer dereferences were found in various     Linux kernel network drivers. These drivers were missing     checks for terminal validity, which could allow     privilege escalation. (CVE-2008-2812, Moderate)

  - a deficiency was found in the Linux kernel virtual     filesystem (VFS) implementation. This could allow a     local, unprivileged user to attempt file creation within     deleted directories, possibly causing a denial of     service. (CVE-2008-3275, Moderate)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  - the incorrect kunmap function was used in     nfs_xdr_readlinkres. kunmap() was used where     kunmap_atomic() should have been. As a consequence, if     an NFSv2 or NFSv3 server exported a volume containing a     symlink which included a path equal to or longer than     the local system's PATH_MAX, accessing the link caused a     kernel oops. This has been corrected in this update.

  - mptctl_gettargetinfo did not check if pIoc3 was NULL     before using it as a pointer. This caused a kernel panic     in mptctl_gettargetinfo in some circumstances. A check     has been added which prevents this.

  - lost tick compensation code in the timer interrupt     routine triggered without apparent cause. When running     as a fully-virtualized client, this spurious triggering     caused the 64-bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3     to present highly inaccurate times. With this update the     lost tick compensation code is turned off when the     operating system is running as a fully-virtualized     client under Xen or VMware&reg;.

These updated packages fix the following security issues :

  - a flaw in the hypervisor for hosts running on Itanium     architectures allowed an Intel VTi domain to read     arbitrary physical memory from other Intel VTi domains,     which could make information available to unauthorized     users. (CVE-2007-6207, Important)

  - two buffer overflow flaws were found in ISDN subsystem.
    A local unprivileged user could use these flaws to cause     a denial of service. (CVE-2007-5938: Important,     CVE-2007-6063: Moderate)

  - a possible NULL pointer dereference was found in the     subsystem used for showing CPU information, as used by     CHRP systems on PowerPC architectures. This may have     allowed a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of     service (crash). (CVE-2007-6694, Moderate)

  - a flaw was found in the handling of zombie processes. A     local user could create processes that would not be     properly reaped, possibly causing a denial of service.
    (CVE-2006-6921, Moderate)

As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs :

  - a bug was found in the Linux kernel audit subsystem.
    When the audit daemon was setup to log the execve system     call with a large number of arguments, the kernel could     run out of memory, causing a kernel panic.

  - on IBM System z architectures, using the IBM Hardware     Management Console to toggle IBM FICON channel path ids     (CHPID) caused a file ID miscompare, possibly causing     data corruption.

  - when running the IA-32 Execution Layer (IA-32EL) or a     Java VM on Itanium architectures, a bug in the address     translation in the hypervisor caused the wrong address     to be registered, causing Dom0 to hang.

  - on Itanium architectures, frequent Corrected Platform     Error errors may have caused the hypervisor to hang.

  - when enabling a CPU without hot plug support, routines     for checking the presence of the CPU were missing. The     CPU tried to access its own resources, causing a kernel     panic.

  - after updating to kernel-2.6.18-53.el5, a bug in the     CCISS driver caused the HP Array Configuration Utility     CLI to become unstable, possibly causing a system hang,     or a kernel panic.

  - a bug in NFS directory caching could have caused     different hosts to have different views of NFS     directories.

  - on Itanium architectures, the Corrected Machine Check     Interrupt masked hot-added CPUs as disabled.

  - when running Oracle database software on the Intel 64     and AMD64 architectures, if an SGA larger than 4GB was     created, and had hugepages allocated to it, the     hugepages were not freed after database shutdown.

  - in a clustered environment, when two or more NFS clients     had the same logical volume mounted, and one of them     modified a file on the volume, NULL characters may have     been inserted, possibly causing data corruption.

These updated packages resolve several severe issues in the lpfc driver :

  - a system hang after LUN discovery.

  - a general fault protection, a NULL pointer dereference,     or slab corruption could occur while running a debug on     the kernel.

  - the inability to handle kernel paging requests in     'lpfc_get_scsi_buf'.

  - erroneous structure references caused certain FC     discovery routines to reference and change     'lpfc_nodelist' structures, even after they were freed.

  - the lpfc driver failed to interpret certain fields     correctly, causing tape backup software to fail. Tape     drives reported 'Illegal Request'.

  - the lpfc driver did not clear structures correctly,     resulting in SCSI I/Os being rejected by targets, and     causing errors.

These updated kernel packages fix the following security issues :

A flaw was found in the virtual filesystem (VFS). A local unprivileged user could truncate directories to which they had write permission;
this could render the contents of the directory inaccessible.
(CVE-2008-0001, Important)

A flaw was found in the implementation of ptrace. A local unprivileged user could trigger this flaw and possibly cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2007-5500, Important)

A flaw was found in the way the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel handled page faults when a CPU used the NUMA method for accessing memory on Itanium architectures. A local unprivileged user could trigger this flaw and cause a denial of service (system panic).
(CVE-2007-4130, Important)

A possible NULL pointer dereference was found in the chrp_show_cpuinfo function when using the PowerPC architecture. This may have allowed a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service (crash).
(CVE-2007-6694, Moderate)

A flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user can get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate)

Two buffer overflow flaws were found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use these flaws to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6063, CVE-2007-6151, Moderate)

As well, these updated packages fix the following bug :

  - when moving volumes that contain multiple segments, and     a mirror segment is not the first in the mapping table,     running the 'pvmove /dev/[device] /dev/[device]' command     caused a kernel panic. A 'kernel: Unable to handle     kernel paging request at virtual address [address]'     error was logged by syslog.

This kernel update fixes the following security problems :

  - The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6     allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel     OOPS) by dereferencing a NULL pointer to an inode in a     dentry. (CVE-2007-3104)

  - 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. (CVE-2007-4997)

  - The CIFS filesystem, when Unix extension support is     enabled, did not honor the umask of a process, which     allowed local users to gain privileges. (CVE-2007-3740)

  - It was possible for local user to become root by     exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This     problem affects the x86_64 platform only, on all     distributions. (CVE-2007-4573)

    This problem was fixed for regular kernels, but had not     been fixed for the XEN kernels. This update fixes the     problem also for the XEN kernels.

  - The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions     in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid did not check     permissions for ioctls, which might have allowed local     users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.
    (CVE-2007-4308)

  - The Linux kernel checked the wrong global variable for     the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote     attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client     configured for security signatures, as demonstrated by     lack of signing despite sec=ntlmv2i in a SetupAndX     request. (CVE-2007-3843)

  - Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in the Linux     kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via     long SMB responses that trigger the overflows in the     SendReceive function. (CVE-2007-5904)

    This requires the attacker to mis-present / replace a     CIFS server the client machine is connected to.

  - Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in     isdn_net.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to     have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the     isdn_ioctl function. (CVE-2007-6063)

and the following non security bugs :

-

patches.drivers/pci-delete-ACPI-hook-from-pci_set_power_stat e.patch:
Delete ACPI hook from pci_set_power_state() [#162320] Still execute the code on Lenovo ThinkPads (or USB ports do not work anymore after suspend [#329232]

  - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-probe-blacklist:
    [ALSA] hda-intel - Add probe_mask blacklist [#172330]

  - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-robust-probe: [ALSA]     hda-intel - Improve HD-audio codec probing robustness     [#172330]

  - patches.arch/i386-hpet-lost-interrupts-fix.patch:
    Backport i386 hpet lost interrupts code [#257035]

  - patches.fixes/megaraid_mbox-dell-cerc-support: Dell CERC     support for megaraid_mbox [#267134]

  - patches.fixes/nfsv4-MAXNAME-fix.diff: knfsd: query     filesystem for NFSv4 getattr of FATTR4_MAXNAME [#271803]
    -

patches.drivers/ide-amd74xx-add-ignore_enablebits-parameter: amd74xx:
add ignore_enable_bits module parameter [#272786]

  - patches.fixes/legacy-pty-count-kernel-parm.patch: Add a     kernel boot parameter to overwrite the legacy PTY count.
    The default value of 64 is insufficient occasionally     [#277846]

  - patches.fixes/lockd-grant-shutdown: Stop GRANT callback     from crashing if NFS server has been stopped. [#292478]

  - Kernel update to 2.6.16.54 [#298719] including (among     others) :

  - lots of md fixes

  - fix of sparc bugs

  - fix of TCP handling of SACK in bidirectional flows

  - fix of MCA bus matching

  - fix of PPC issues :

  - Fix osize too small errors when decoding mppe.

  - Fix output buffer size in ppp_decompress_frame(). -

patches.fixes/assign-task_struct.exit_code-before-taskstats_ exit.patch: Assign task_struct.exit_code before taskstats_exit() [#307504]

  - patches.fixes/bonding_no_addrconf_for_bond_slaves:
    bonding / ipv6: no addrconf for slaves separately from     master. [#310254]

  - patches.fixes/bonding_support_carrier_state_for_master:
    bonding: support carrier state for master [#310254] -

patches.fixes/fix-sys-devices-system-node-node0-meminfo-from

-having-anonpages-wrapped.patch: fix /sys/devices/system/node/node0/meminfo from having anonpages wrapped [#310744] -

patches.fixes/nfs-remove-bogus-cache-change-attribute-check. diff fix bogus cache change to make data available immediately, on direct write [#325877] -

patches.fixes/tcp-send-ACKs-each-2nd-received-segment.patch: Send ACKs each 2nd received segment. This fixes a problem where the tcp cubic congestion algorithm was too slow in converging [#327848]

  - patches.drivers/libata-fix-spindown: libata: fix disk     spindown on shutdown [#330722]

  - patches.fixes/scsi-reset-resid: busy status on tape     write results in incorrect residual [#330926]

  - patches.fixes/condense-output-of-show_free_areas.patch:
    Condense output of show_free_areas() [#331251]

  - patches.arch/powernowk8_family_freq_from_fiddid.patch:
    To find the frequency given the fid and did is family     dependent. [#332722]

  - patches.fixes/tcp-saner-thash_entries-default.patch:
    Limit the size of the TCP established hash to 512k     entries by default [#333273]

  - patches.drivers/alsa-emu10k1-spdif-mem-fix: [ALSA]     emu10k1 - Fix memory corruption [#333314]

  - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-stac-error-fix: [ALSA]     Fix error probing with STAC codecs [#333320] -

    patches.fixes/qla2xxx-avoid-duplicate-pci_disable_device     : Fixup patch to not refer to stale pointer [#333542]

  - large backport of dm-crypt fixes: [#333905]

  - patches.fixes/dm-disable_barriers.diff: dm: disable     barriers. -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_for_workqueue_change.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_write_processing.diff

  - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-move_io_to_workqueue.diff

  - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_private_biosets.diff

  - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_call_to_clone_init.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_avoid_cloned_bio_ref_after_free.d iff

  - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_remove_first_clone.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_smaller_bvecs_in_clones.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_panic_on_large_request.diff

  - patches.fixes/initramfs-fix-cpio-hardlink-check.patch:
    initramfs: fix CPIO hardlink check [#334612]

  - patches.drivers/lpfc-8.1.10.12-update: driver update to     fix severe issues in lpfc 8.1.10.9 driver [#334630]     [#342044]

  - patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-1: NFS: Fix error     handling in nfs_direct_write_result() [#336200]

  - patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-2: NFS: Fix a refcount     leakage in O_DIRECT [#336200]

  - add patches.drivers/ibmvscsi-migration-login.patch     prohibit IO during adapter login process [#337980]

  - patches.arch/acpi_thinkpad_brightness_fix.patch: Take     care of latest Lenovo ThinkPad brightness control     [#338274] [#343660]

  - patches.fixes/ramdisk-2.6.23-corruption_fix.diff: rd:
    fix data corruption on memory pressure [#338643] -

    patches.fixes/fc_transport-remove-targets-on-host-remove     : memory use after free error in mptfc [#338730] -

patches.fixes/ipmi-ipmi_msghandler.c-fix-a-memory-leak.patch : IPMI:
ipmi_msghandler.c: fix a memory leak [#339413]

  - add patches.arch/ppc-pseries-rtas_ibm_suspend_me.patch     fix multiple bugs in rtas_ibm_suspend_me code [#339927]

  - patches.fixes/nfsacl-retval.diff: knfsd: fix spurious     EINVAL errors on first access of new filesystem     [#340873]

  - patches.fixes/avm-fix-capilib-locking: [ISDN] Fix random     hard freeze with AVM cards. [#341894]

  - patches.fixes/ipv6_rh_processing_fix: [IPV6]: Restore     semantics of Routing Header processing [#343100]

  - The following set of XEN fixes has been applied:
    [#343612]

  - patches.xen/14280-net-fake-carrier-flag.patch: netfront:
    Better fix for netfront_tx_slot_available().

  - patches.xen/14893-copy-more-skbs.patch: netback: Copy     skbuffs that are presented to the start_xmit() function.

  - patches.xen/157-netfront-skb-deref.patch: net front:
    Avoid deref'ing skb after it is potentially freed.

  - patches.xen/263-xfs-unmap.patch: xfs: eagerly remove     vmap mappings to avoid upsetting Xen.

  - patches.xen/xen-i386-set-fixmap: i386/PAE: avoid     temporarily inconsistent pte-s.

  - patches.xen/xen-isa-dma: Suppress all use of ISA DMA on     Xen.

  - patches.xen/xen-x86-panic-smp,

  - patches.xen/xen-netback-alloc,

  - patches.xen/xen-split-pt-lock,

  - patches.xen/137-netfront-copy-release.patch,

  - patches.xen/141-driver-autoload.patch,

  - patches.xen/xen-balloon-max-target,

  - patches.xen/xen-balloon-min,

  - patches.xen/xen-i386-highpte,

  - patches.xen/xen-intel-agp,

  - patches.xen/xen-multicall-check,

  - patches.xen/xen-x86-dcr-fallback,

  - patches.xen/xen-x86-pXX_val,

  - patches.xen/xen-x86-performance: Adjust.

  - patches.arch/acpi_backport_video.c.patch: Backport video     driver from 2.6.23-rc9 [#343660]

  - patches.arch/acpi_find_bcl_support.patch: Store     brightness/video functionality of ACPI provided by BIOS     [#343660]

Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

These updated packages fix the following security issues :

* a flaw in the hypervisor for hosts running on Itanium architectures allowed an Intel VTi domain to read arbitrary physical memory from other Intel VTi domains, which could make information available to unauthorized users. (CVE-2007-6207, Important)

* two buffer overflow flaws were found in ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use these flaws to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2007-5938: Important, CVE-2007-6063: Moderate)

* a possible NULL pointer dereference was found in the subsystem used for showing CPU information, as used by CHRP systems on PowerPC architectures. This may have allowed a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2007-6694, Moderate)

* a flaw was found in the handling of zombie processes. A local user could create processes that would not be properly reaped, possibly causing a denial of service. (CVE-2006-6921, Moderate)

As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs :

* a bug was found in the Linux kernel audit subsystem. When the audit daemon was setup to log the execve system call with a large number of arguments, the kernel could run out of memory, causing a kernel panic.

* on IBM System z architectures, using the IBM Hardware Management Console to toggle IBM FICON channel path ids (CHPID) caused a file ID miscompare, possibly causing data corruption.

* when running the IA-32 Execution Layer (IA-32EL) or a Java VM on Itanium architectures, a bug in the address translation in the hypervisor caused the wrong address to be registered, causing Dom0 to hang.

* on Itanium architectures, frequent Corrected Platform Error errors may have caused the hypervisor to hang.

* when enabling a CPU without hot plug support, routines for checking the presence of the CPU were missing. The CPU tried to access its own resources, causing a kernel panic.

* after updating to kernel-2.6.18-53.el5, a bug in the CCISS driver caused the HP Array Configuration Utility CLI to become unstable, possibly causing a system hang, or a kernel panic.

* a bug in NFS directory caching could have caused different hosts to have different views of NFS directories.

* on Itanium architectures, the Corrected Machine Check Interrupt masked hot-added CPUs as disabled.

* when running Oracle database software on the Intel 64 and AMD64 architectures, if an SGA larger than 4GB was created, and had hugepages allocated to it, the hugepages were not freed after database shutdown.

* in a clustered environment, when two or more NFS clients had the same logical volume mounted, and one of them modified a file on the volume, NULL characters may have been inserted, possibly causing data corruption.

These updated packages resolve several severe issues in the lpfc driver :

* a system hang after LUN discovery.

* a general fault protection, a NULL pointer dereference, or slab corruption could occur while running a debug on the kernel.

* the inability to handle kernel paging requests in 'lpfc_get_scsi_buf'.

* erroneous structure references caused certain FC discovery routines to reference and change 'lpfc_nodelist' structures, even after they were freed.

* the lpfc driver failed to interpret certain fields correctly, causing tape backup software to fail. Tape drives reported 'Illegal Request'.

* the lpfc driver did not clear structures correctly, resulting in SCSI I/Os being rejected by targets, and causing errors.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

a. Service Console update for DHCP and third-party library update    for DHCP client.

   DHCP is an Internet-standard protocol by which a computer can be    connected to a local network, ask to be given configuration    information, and receive from a server enough information to    configure itself as a member of that network.

   A stack-based buffer overflow in the script_write_params method in    ISC DHCP dhclient allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary    code via a crafted subnet-mask option.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2009-0692 to this issue.

   An insecure temporary file use flaw was discovered in the DHCP    daemon's init script ('/etc/init.d/dhcpd'). A local attacker could    use this flaw to overwrite an arbitrary file with the output of the    'dhcpd -t' command via a symbolic link attack, if a system    administrator executed the DHCP init script with the 'configtest',    'restart', or 'reload' option.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2009-1893 to this issue.

b. Updated Service Console package kernel

   Service Console package kernel update to version    kernel-2.4.21-58.EL.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2008-4210, CVE-2008-3275, CVE-2008-0598,    CVE-2008-2136, CVE-2008-2812, CVE-2007-6063, CVE-2008-3525 to the    security issues fixed in kernel-2.4.21-58.EL

c. JRE Security Update

   JRE update to version 1.5.0_18, which addresses multiple security    issues that existed in earlier releases of JRE.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has    assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in    JRE 1.5.0_17: CVE-2008-2086, CVE-2008-5347, CVE-2008-5348,    CVE-2008-5349, CVE-2008-5350, CVE-2008-5351, CVE-2008-5352,    CVE-2008-5353, CVE-2008-5354, CVE-2008-5356, CVE-2008-5357,    CVE-2008-5358, CVE-2008-5359, CVE-2008-5360, CVE-2008-5339,    CVE-2008-5342, CVE-2008-5344, CVE-2008-5345, CVE-2008-5346,    CVE-2008-5340, CVE-2008-5341, CVE-2008-5343, and CVE-2008-5355.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has    assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in    JRE 1.5.0_18: CVE-2009-1093, CVE-2009-1094, CVE-2009-1095,    CVE-2009-1096, CVE-2009-1097, CVE-2009-1098, CVE-2009-1099,    CVE-2009-1100, CVE-2009-1101, CVE-2009-1102, CVE-2009-1103,    CVE-2009-1104, CVE-2009-1105, CVE-2009-1106, and CVE-2009-1107.

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel :

The Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and probably other versions, does not properly check feature lengths, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to an unspecified overflow. (CVE-2008-2358)

VFS in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.16, and 2.6.23.x before 2.6.23.14, performs tests of access mode by using the flag variable instead of the acc_mode variable, which might allow local users to bypass intended permissions and remove directories. (CVE-2008-0001)

Linux kernel before 2.6.22.17, when using certain drivers that register a fault handler that does not perform range checks, allows local users to access kernel memory via an out-of-range offset.
(CVE-2008-0007)

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third-party information. (CVE-2007-5966)

The shmem_getpage function (mm/shmem.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.11 through 2.6.23 does not properly clear allocated memory in some rare circumstances related to tmpfs, which might allow local users to read sensitive kernel data or cause a denial of service (crash).
(CVE-2007-6417)

The isdn_ioctl function in isdn_common.c in Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted ioctl struct in which iocts is not null terminated, which triggers a buffer overflow.
(CVE-2007-6151)

The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.24-rc3, and possibly other versions, does not change the UID of a core dump file if it exists before a root process creates a core dump in the same location, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206)

Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the isdn_ioctl function. (CVE-2007-6063)

The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third-party information. (CVE-2007-5500)

The minix filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24, including 2.6.18, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a malformed minix file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the minix_bmap function. NOTE: this issue might be due to an integer overflow or signedness error. (CVE-2006-6058)

To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at :

http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate

Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 running on 32-bit architectures.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

These updated packages fix the following security issues :

* a flaw was found in the IPv4 forwarding base. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2172, Important)

* a flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local, unprivileged user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. Successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling. (CVE-2007-3848, Important)

* when accessing kernel memory locations, certain Linux kernel drivers registering a fault handler did not perform required range checks. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain read or write access to arbitrary kernel memory, or possibly cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-0007, Important)

* a possible kernel memory leak was found in the Linux kernel Simple Internet Transition (SIT) INET6 implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2136, Important)

* missing capability checks were found in the SBNI WAN driver which could allow a local, unprivileged user to bypass intended capability restrictions. (CVE-2008-3525, Important)

* a flaw was found in the way files were written using truncate() or ftruncate(). This could allow a local, unprivileged user to acquire the privileges of a different group and obtain access to sensitive information. (CVE-2008-4210, Important)

* a race condition in the mincore system core allowed a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-4814, Moderate)

* a flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local, unprivileged user to make ioctl calls to the driver which should otherwise be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate)

* two buffer overflow flaws were found in the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use these flaws to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6063, CVE-2007-6151, Moderate)

* a flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local, unprivileged user could make a root-owned process dump a core file into a user-writable directory, the user could gain read access to that core file, potentially compromising sensitive information.
(CVE-2007-6206, Moderate)

* a deficiency was found in the Linux kernel virtual file system (VFS) implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to attempt file creation within deleted directories, possibly causing a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3275, Moderate)

All users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 on 32-bit architectures should upgrade to these updated packages which address these vulnerabilities. For this update to take effect, the system must be rebooted.

Updated kernel packages that resolve several security issues and fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

This update addresses the following security issues :

* Tavis Ormandy discovered a deficiency in the Linux kernel 32-bit and 64-bit emulation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to prepare and run a specially crafted binary which would use this deficiency to leak uninitialized and potentially sensitive data.
(CVE-2008-0598, Important)

* a possible kernel memory leak was found in the Linux kernel Simple Internet Transition (SIT) INET6 implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2136, Important)

* missing capability checks were found in the SBNI WAN driver which could allow a local user to bypass intended capability restrictions.
(CVE-2008-3525, Important)

* the do_truncate() and generic_file_splice_write() functions did not clear the setuid and setgid bits. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain access to privileged information.
(CVE-2008-4210, Important)

* a buffer overflow flaw was found in Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6063, Moderate)

* multiple NULL pointer dereferences were found in various Linux kernel network drivers. These drivers were missing checks for terminal validity, which could allow privilege escalation. (CVE-2008-2812, Moderate)

* a deficiency was found in the Linux kernel virtual filesystem (VFS) implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to attempt file creation within deleted directories, possibly causing a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3275, Moderate)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

* the incorrect kunmap function was used in nfs_xdr_readlinkres.
kunmap() was used where kunmap_atomic() should have been. As a consequence, if an NFSv2 or NFSv3 server exported a volume containing a symlink which included a path equal to or longer than the local system's PATH_MAX, accessing the link caused a kernel oops. This has been corrected in this update.

* mptctl_gettargetinfo did not check if pIoc3 was NULL before using it as a pointer. This caused a kernel panic in mptctl_gettargetinfo in some circumstances. A check has been added which prevents this.

* lost tick compensation code in the timer interrupt routine triggered without apparent cause. When running as a fully-virtualized client, this spurious triggering caused the 64-bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to present highly inaccurate times. With this update the lost tick compensation code is turned off when the operating system is running as a fully-virtualized client under Xen or VMware(r).

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users should install this updated kernel which addresses these vulnerabilities and fixes these bugs.

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2006-5823     LMH reported a potential local DoS which could be     exploited by a malicious user with the privileges to     mount and read a corrupted cramfs filesystem.

  - CVE-2006-6054     LMH reported a potential local DoS which could be     exploited by a malicious user with the privileges to     mount and read a corrupted ext2 filesystem.

  - CVE-2006-6058     LMH reported an issue in the minix filesystem that     allows local users with mount privileges to create a DoS     (printk flood) by mounting a specially crafted corrupt     filesystem.

  - CVE-2006-7203     OpenVZ Linux kernel team reported an issue in the smbfs     filesystem which can be exploited by local users to     cause a DoS (oops) during mount.

  - CVE-2007-1353     Ilja van Sprundel discovered that kernel memory could be     leaked via the Bluetooth setsockopt call due to an     uninitialized stack buffer. This could be used by local     attackers to read the contents of sensitive kernel     memory.

  - CVE-2007-2172     Thomas Graf reported a typo in the DECnet protocol     handler that could be used by a local attacker to     overrun an array via crafted packets, potentially     resulting in a Denial of Service (system crash). A     similar issue exists in the IPV4 protocol handler and     will be fixed in a subsequent update.

  - CVE-2007-2525     Florian Zumbiehl discovered a memory leak in the PPPOE     subsystem caused by releasing a socket before     PPPIOCGCHAN is called upon it. This could be used by a     local user to DoS a system by consuming all available     memory.

  - CVE-2007-3105     The PaX Team discovered a potential buffer overflow in     the random number generator which may permit local users     to cause a denial of service or gain additional     privileges. This issue is not believed to effect default     Debian installations where only root has sufficient     privileges to exploit it.

  - CVE-2007-3739     Adam Litke reported a potential local denial of service     (oops) on powerpc platforms resulting from unchecked VMA     expansion into address space reserved for hugetlb pages.

  - CVE-2007-3740     Steve French reported that CIFS filesystems with     CAP_UNIX enabled were not honoring a process' umask     which may lead to unintentionally relaxed permissions.

  - CVE-2007-3848     Wojciech Purczynski discovered that pdeath_signal was     not being reset properly under certain conditions which     may allow local users to gain privileges by sending     arbitrary signals to suid binaries.

  - CVE-2007-4133     Hugh Dickins discovered a potential local DoS (panic) in     hugetlbfs. A misconversion of hugetlb_vmtruncate_list to     prio_tree may allow local users to trigger a BUG_ON()     call in exit_mmap.

  - CVE-2007-4308     Alan Cox reported an issue in the aacraid driver that     allows unprivileged local users to make ioctl calls     which should be restricted to admin privileges.

  - CVE-2007-4573     Wojciech Purczynski discovered a vulnerability that can     be exploited by a local user to obtain superuser     privileges on x86_64 systems. This resulted from     improper clearing of the high bits of registers during     ia32 system call emulation. This vulnerability is     relevant to the Debian amd64 port as well as users of     the i386 port who run the amd64 linux-image flavour.

  - CVE-2007-5093     Alex Smith discovered an issue with the pwc driver for     certain webcam devices. If the device is removed while a     userspace application has it open, the driver will wait     for userspace to close the device, resulting in a     blocked USB subsystem. This issue is of low security     impact as it requires the attacker to either have     physical access to the system or to convince a user with     local access to remove the device on their behalf.

  - CVE-2007-6063     Venustech AD-LAB discovered a a buffer overflow in the     isdn ioctl handling, exploitable by a local user.

  - CVE-2007-6151     ADLAB discovered a possible memory overrun in the ISDN     subsystem that may permit a local user to overwrite     kernel memory by issuing ioctls with unterminated data.

  - CVE-2007-6206     Blake Frantz discovered that when a core file owned by a     non-root user exists, and a root-owned process dumps     core over it, the core file retains its original     ownership. This could be used by a local user to gain     access to sensitive information.

  - CVE-2007-6694     Cyrill Gorcunov reported a NULL pointer dereference in     code specific to the CHRP PowerPC platforms. Local users     could exploit this issue to achieve a Denial of Service     (DoS).

  - CVE-2008-0007     Nick Piggin of SuSE discovered a number of issues in     subsystems which register a fault handler for memory     mapped areas. This issue can be exploited by local users     to achieve a Denial of Service (DoS) and possibly     execute arbitrary code.

The following matrix lists additional packages that were rebuilt for compatibility with or to take advantage of this update :

                             Debian 3.1 (sarge)            kernel-image-2.6.8-alpha    2.6.8-17sarge1                kernel-image-2.6.8-amd64    2.6.8-17sarge1                kernel-image-2.6.8-hppa     2.6.8-7sarge1                 kernel-image-2.6.8-i386     2.6.8-17sarge1                kernel-image-2.6.8-ia64     2.6.8-15sarge1                kernel-image-2.6.8-m68k     2.6.8-5sarge1                 kernel-image-2.6.8-s390     2.6.8-6sarge1                 kernel-image-2.6.8-sparc    2.6.8-16sarge1                kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8  2.6.8-13sarge1                fai-kernels                 1.9.1sarge8

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2004-2731     infamous41md reported multiple integer overflows in the     Sbus PROM driver that would allow for a DoS (Denial of     Service) attack by a local user, and possibly the     execution of arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2006-4814     Doug Chapman discovered a potential local DoS (deadlock)     in the mincore function caused by improper lock     handling.

  - CVE-2006-5753     Eric Sandeen provided a fix for a local memory     corruption vulnerability resulting from a     misinterpretation of return values when operating on     inodes which have been marked bad.

  - CVE-2006-5823     LMH reported a potential local DoS which could be     exploited by a malicious user with the privileges to     mount and read a corrupted cramfs filesystem.

  - CVE-2006-6053     LMH reported a potential local DoS which could be     exploited by a malicious user with the privileges to     mount and read a corrupted ext3 filesystem.

  - CVE-2006-6054     LMH reported a potential local DoS which could be     exploited by a malicious user with the privileges to     mount and read a corrupted ext2 filesystem.

  - CVE-2006-6106     Marcel Holtman discovered multiple buffer overflows in     the Bluetooth subsystem which can be used to trigger a     remote DoS (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary     code.

  - CVE-2007-1353     Ilja van Sprundel discovered that kernel memory could be     leaked via the Bluetooth setsockopt call due to an     uninitialized stack buffer. This could be used by local     attackers to read the contents of sensitive kernel     memory.

  - CVE-2007-1592     Masayuki Nakagawa discovered that flow labels were     inadvertently being shared between listening sockets and     child sockets. This defect can be exploited by local     users to cause a DoS (Oops).

  - CVE-2007-2172     Thomas Graf reported a typo in the DECnet protocol     handler that could be used by a local attacker to     overrun an array via crafted packets, potentially     resulting in a Denial of Service (system crash). A     similar issue exists in the IPV4 protocol handler and     will be fixed in a subsequent update.

  - CVE-2007-2525     Florian Zumbiehl discovered a memory leak in the PPPOE     subsystem caused by releasing a socket before     PPPIOCGCHAN is called upon it. This could be used by a     local user to DoS a system by consuming all available     memory.

  - CVE-2007-3848     Wojciech Purczynski discovered that pdeath_signal was     not being reset properly under certain conditions which     may allow local users to gain privileges by sending     arbitrary signals to suid binaries.

  - CVE-2007-4308     Alan Cox reported an issue in the aacraid driver that     allows unprivileged local users to make ioctl calls     which should be restricted to admin privileges.

  - CVE-2007-4311     PaX team discovered an issue in the random driver where     a defect in the reseeding code leads to a reduction in     entropy.

  - CVE-2007-5093     Alex Smith discovered an issue with the pwc driver for     certain webcam devices. If the device is removed while a     userspace application has it open, the driver will wait     for userspace to close the device, resulting in a     blocked USB subsystem. This issue is of low security     impact as it requires the attacker to either have     physical access to the system or to convince a user with     local access to remove the device on their behalf.

  - CVE-2007-6063     Venustech AD-LAB discovered a a buffer overflow in the     isdn ioctl handling, exploitable by a local user.

  - CVE-2007-6151     ADLAB discovered a possible memory overrun in the ISDN     subsystem that may permit a local user to overwrite     kernel memory by issuing ioctls with unterminated data.

  - CVE-2007-6206     Blake Frantz discovered that when a core file owned by a     non-root user exists, and a root-owned process dumps     core over it, the core file retains its original     ownership. This could be used by a local user to gain     access to sensitive information.

  - CVE-2007-6694     Cyrill Gorcunov reported a NULL pointer dereference in     code specific to the CHRP PowerPC platforms. Local users     could exploit this issue to achieve a Denial of Service     (DoS).

  - CVE-2008-0007     Nick Piggin of SuSE discovered a number of issues in     subsystems which register a fault handler for memory     mapped areas. This issue can be exploited by local users     to achieve a Denial of Service (DoS) and possibly     execute arbitrary code.

The following matrix lists additional packages that were rebuilt for compatibility with or to take advantage of this update :

                              Debian 3.1 (sarge)             alsa-modules-i386            1.0.8+2sarge2                  kernel-image-2.4.27-arm      2.4.27-2sarge6                 kernel-image-2.4.27-m68k     2.4.27-3sarge6                 kernel-image-speakup-i386    2.4.27-1.1sarge5               kernel-image-2.4.27-alpha    2.4.27-10sarge6                kernel-image-2.4.27-s390     2.4.27-2sarge6                 kernel-image-2.4.27-sparc    2.4.27-9sarge6                 kernel-image-2.4.27-i386     2.4.27-10sarge6                kernel-image-2.4.27-ia64     2.4.27-10sarge6                kernel-patch-2.4.27-mips     2.4.27-10.sarge4.040815-3      kernel-patch-powerpc-2.4.27  2.4.27-10sarge6                kernel-latest-2.4-alpha      101sarge3                      kernel-latest-2.4-i386       101sarge2                      kernel-latest-2.4-s390       2.4.27-1sarge2                 kernel-latest-2.4-sparc      42sarge3                       i2c                          1:2.9.1-1sarge2                lm-sensors                   1:2.9.1-1sarge4                mindi-kernel                 2.4.27-2sarge5                 pcmcia-modules-2.4.27-i386   3.2.5+2sarge2                  hostap-modules-i386          1:0.3.7-1sarge3                systemimager                 3.2.3-6sarge5

The minix filesystem did not properly validate certain filesystem values. If a local attacker could trick the system into attempting to mount a corrupted minix filesystem, the kernel could be made to hang for long periods of time, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2006-6058)

Alexander Schulze discovered that the skge driver does not properly use the spin_lock and spin_unlock functions. Remote attackers could exploit this by sending a flood of network traffic and cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2006-7229)

Hugh Dickins discovered that hugetlbfs performed certain prio_tree calculations using HPAGE_SIZE instead of PAGE_SIZE. A local user could exploit this and cause a denial of service via kernel panic.
(CVE-2007-4133)

Chris Evans discovered an issue with certain drivers that use the ieee80211_rx function. Remote attackers could send a crafted 802.11 frame and cause a denial of service via crash. (CVE-2007-4997)

Alex Smith discovered an issue with the pwc driver for certain webcam devices. A local user with physical access to the system could remove the device while a userspace application had it open and cause the USB subsystem to block. (CVE-2007-5093)

Scott James Remnant discovered a coding error in ptrace. Local users could exploit this and cause the kernel to enter an infinite loop.
(CVE-2007-5500)

Venustech AD-LAB discovered a buffer overflow in the isdn net subsystem. This issue is exploitable by local users via crafted input to the isdn_ioctl function. (CVE-2007-6063)

It was discovered that the isdn subsystem did not properly check for NULL termination when performing ioctl handling. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151)

Blake Frantz discovered that when a root process overwrote an existing core file, the resulting core file retained the previous core file's ownership. Local users could exploit this to gain access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206)

Hugh Dickins discovered the when using the tmpfs filesystem, under rare circumstances, a kernel page may be improperly cleared. A local user may be able to exploit this and read sensitive kernel data or cause a denial of service via crash. (CVE-2007-6417)

Bill Roman discovered that the VFS subsystem did not properly check access modes. A local user may be able to gain removal privileges on directories. (CVE-2008-0001).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The minix filesystem did not properly validate certain filesystem values. If a local attacker could trick the system into attempting to mount a corrupted minix filesystem, the kernel could be made to hang for long periods of time, resulting in a denial of service. This was only vulnerable in Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10. (CVE-2006-6058)

The signal handling on PowerPC systems using HTX allowed local users to cause a denial of service via floating point corruption. This was only vulnerable in Ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04. (CVE-2007-3107)

The Linux kernel did not properly validate the hop-by-hop IPv6 extended header. Remote attackers could send a crafted IPv6 packet and cause a denial of service via kernel panic. This was only vulnerable in Ubuntu 7.04. (CVE-2007-4567)

The JFFS2 filesystem with ACL support enabled did not properly store permissions during inode creation and ACL setting. Local users could possibly access restricted files after a remount. This was only vulnerable in Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10. (CVE-2007-4849)

Chris Evans discovered an issue with certain drivers that use the ieee80211_rx function. Remote attackers could send a crafted 802.11 frame and cause a denial of service via crash. This was only vulnerable in Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10. (CVE-2007-4997)

Alex Smith discovered an issue with the pwc driver for certain webcam devices. A local user with physical access to the system could remove the device while a userspace application had it open and cause the USB subsystem to block. This was only vulnerable in Ubuntu 7.04.
(CVE-2007-5093)

Scott James Remnant discovered a coding error in ptrace. Local users could exploit this and cause the kernel to enter an infinite loop.
This was only vulnerable in Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10. (CVE-2007-5500)

It was discovered that the Linux kernel could dereference a NULL pointer when processing certain IPv4 TCP packets. A remote attacker could send a crafted TCP ACK response and cause a denial of service via crash. This was only vulnerable in Ubuntu 7.10. (CVE-2007-5501)

Warren Togami discovered that the hrtimer subsystem did not properly check for large relative timeouts. A local user could exploit this and cause a denial of service via soft lockup. (CVE-2007-5966)

Venustech AD-LAB discovered a buffer overflow in the isdn net subsystem. This issue is exploitable by local users via crafted input to the isdn_ioctl function. (CVE-2007-6063)

It was discovered that the isdn subsystem did not properly check for NULL termination when performing ioctl handling. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6151)

Blake Frantz discovered that when a root process overwrote an existing core file, the resulting core file retained the previous core file's ownership. Local users could exploit this to gain access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206)

Hugh Dickins discovered the when using the tmpfs filesystem, under rare circumstances, a kernel page may be improperly cleared. A local user may be able to exploit this and read sensitive kernel data or cause a denial of service via crash. (CVE-2007-6417)

Bill Roman discovered that the VFS subsystem did not properly check access modes. A local user may be able to gain removal privileges on directories. (CVE-2008-0001).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and a bug in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

These updated kernel packages fix the following security issues :

A flaw was found in the virtual filesystem (VFS). A local unprivileged user could truncate directories to which they had write permission;
this could render the contents of the directory inaccessible.
(CVE-2008-0001, Important)

A flaw was found in the implementation of ptrace. A local unprivileged user could trigger this flaw and possibly cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2007-5500, Important)

A flaw was found in the way the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel handled page faults when a CPU used the NUMA method for accessing memory on Itanium architectures. A local unprivileged user could trigger this flaw and cause a denial of service (system panic).
(CVE-2007-4130, Important)

A possible NULL pointer dereference was found in the chrp_show_cpuinfo function when using the PowerPC architecture. This may have allowed a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service (crash).
(CVE-2007-6694, Moderate)

A flaw was found in the way core dump files were created. If a local user can get a root-owned process to dump a core file into a directory, which the user has write access to, they could gain read access to that core file. This could potentially grant unauthorized access to sensitive information. (CVE-2007-6206, Moderate)

Two buffer overflow flaws were found in the Linux kernel ISDN subsystem. A local unprivileged user could use these flaws to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6063, CVE-2007-6151, Moderate)

As well, these updated packages fix the following bug :

* when moving volumes that contain multiple segments, and a mirror segment is not the first in the mapping table, running the 'pvmove /dev/[device] /dev/[device]' command caused a kernel panic. A 'kernel:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address [address]' error was logged by syslog.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

This kernel update fixes the following security problems :

CVE-2008-0007: Insufficient range checks in certain fault handlers could be used by local attackers to potentially read or write kernel memory.

CVE-2008-0001: Incorrect access mode checks could be used by local attackers to corrupt directory contents and so cause denial of service attacks or potentially execute code.

CVE-2007-5966: Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third-party information.

CVE-2007-3843: The Linux kernel checked the wrong global variable for the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client configured for security signatures, as demonstrated by lack of signing despite sec=ntlmv2i in a SetupAndX request.

CVE-2007-2242: The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers (IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0) that create network amplification between two routers.

CVE-2007-6417: The shmem_getpage function (mm/shmem.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.11 through 2.6.23 does not properly clear allocated memory in some rare circumstances, which might allow local users to read sensitive kernel data or cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2007-4308: The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid in the Linux kernel did not check permissions for ioctls, which might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.

CVE-2007-3740: The CIFS filesystem, when Unix extension support is enabled, does not honor the umask of a process, which allows local users to gain privileges.

CVE-2007-3848: The Linux kernel allowed local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG).

CVE-2007-4997: Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB length value in a runt IEEE 802.11 frame when the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA flag is set, aka an 'off-by-two error.'

CVE-2007-6063: Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the isdn_ioctl function.

CVE-none-yet: A failed change_hat call can result in an apparmored task becoming unconfined (326546).

and the following non security bugs :

  - patches.suse/apparmor-r206-310260.diff: AppArmor - add     audit capability names (310260).

  - patches.suse/apparmor-r326-240982.diff: AppArmor - fix     memory corruption if policy load fails (240982).

  - patches.suse/apparmor-r400-221567.diff: AppArmor -     kernel dead locks when audit back log occurs (221567).

  - patches.suse/apparmor-r405-247679.diff: AppArmor -     apparmor fails to log link reject in complain mode     (247679).

  - patches.suse/apparmor-r473-326556.diff: AppArmor - fix     race on ambiguous deleted file name (326556).

  - patches.suse/apparmor-r479-257748.diff: AppArmor - fix     kernel crash that can occur on profile removal (257748).

  - patches.fixes/usb_unusual_292931.diff: add quirk needed     for 1652:6600 (292931).

  - patches.drivers/r8169-perform-a-PHY-reset-before.patch:
    r8169: perform a PHY reset before any other operation at     boot time (345658).

  - patches.drivers/r8169-more-alignment-for-the-0x8168:
    refresh.

  - patches.fixes/usb_336850.diff: fix missing quirk leading     to a device disconnecting under load (336850).

  - patches.fixes/avm-fix-capilib-locking: [ISDN] Fix random     hard freeze with AVM cards. (#341894)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems :

++ CVE-2007-3104: The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by dereferencing a NULL pointer to an inode in a dentry.

++ 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.

++ CVE-2007-3740: The CIFS filesystem, when Unix extension support is enabled, did not honor the umask of a process, which allowed local users to gain privileges.

++ CVE-2007-4573: It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This problem affects the x86_64 platform only, on all distributions.

This problem was fixed for regular kernels, but had not been fixed for the XEN kernels. This update fixes the problem also for the XEN kernels.

++ CVE-2007-4308: The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid did not check permissions for ioctls, which might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.

++ CVE-2007-3843: The Linux kernel checked the wrong global variable for the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client configured for security signatures, as demonstrated by lack of signing despite sec=ntlmv2i in a SetupAndX request.

++ CVE-2007-5904: Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMB responses that trigger the overflows in the SendReceive function.

This requires the attacker to mis-present / replace a CIFS server the client machine is connected to.

++ CVE-2007-6063: Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the isdn_ioctl function.

Furthermore, this kernel catches up to the SLE 10 state of the kernel, with numerous additional fixes.

Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2006-6058     LMH reported an issue in the minix filesystem that     allows local users with mount privileges to create a DoS     (printk flood) by mounting a specially crafted corrupt     filesystem.

  - CVE-2007-5966     Warren Togami discovered an issue in the hrtimer     subsystem that allows a local user to cause a DoS (soft     lockup) by requesting a timer sleep for a long period of     time leading to an integer overflow.

  - CVE-2007-6063     Venustech AD-LAB discovered a buffer overflow in the     isdn ioctl handling, exploitable by a local user.

  - CVE-2007-6206     Blake Frantz discovered that when a core file owned by a     non-root user exists, and a root-owned process dumps     core over it, the core file retains its original     ownership. This could be used by a local user to gain     access to sensitive information.

  - CVE-2007-6417     Hugh Dickins discovered an issue in the tmpfs filesystem     where, under a rare circumstance, a kernel page may be     improperly cleared, leaking sensitive kernel memory to     userspace or resulting in a DoS (crash).

These problems have been fixed in the stable distribution in version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6.

The following matrix lists additional packages that were rebuilt for compatibility with or to take advantage of this update :

                           Debian 4.0 (etch)           fai-kernels               1.17+etch.13etch6           user-mode-linux           2.6.18-1um-2etch.13etch6

This kernel update fixes the following security problems :

  - The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6     allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel     OOPS) by dereferencing a NULL pointer to an inode in a     dentry. (CVE-2007-3104)

  - 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. (CVE-2007-4997)

  - The CIFS filesystem, when Unix extension support is     enabled, did not honor the umask of a process, which     allowed local users to gain privileges. (CVE-2007-3740)

  - It was possible for local user to become root by     exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This     problem affects the x86_64 platform only, on all     distributions. (CVE-2007-4573)

    This problem was fixed for regular kernels, but had not     been fixed for the XEN kernels. This update fixes the     problem also for the XEN kernels.

  - The (1) aac_cfg_open and (2) aac_compat_ioctl functions     in the SCSI layer ioctl path in aacraid did not check     permissions for ioctls, which might have allowed local     users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.
    (CVE-2007-4308)

  - The Linux kernel checked the wrong global variable for     the CIFS sec mount option, which might allow remote     attackers to spoof CIFS network traffic that the client     configured for security signatures, as demonstrated by     lack of signing despite sec=ntlmv2i in a SetupAndX     request. (CVE-2007-3843)

  - Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in the Linux     kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via     long SMB responses that trigger the overflows in the     SendReceive function. (CVE-2007-5904)

    This requires the attacker to mis-present / replace a     CIFS server the client machine is connected to.

  - Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in     isdn_net.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to     have an unknown impact via a crafted argument to the     isdn_ioctl function. (CVE-2007-6063)

and the following non security bugs :

-

patches.drivers/pci-delete-ACPI-hook-from-pci_set_power_stat e.patch:
Delete ACPI hook from pci_set_power_state() [#162320] Still execute the code on Lenovo ThinkPads (or USB ports do not work anymore after suspend [#329232]

  - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-probe-blacklist:
    [ALSA] hda-intel - Add probe_mask blacklist [#172330]

  - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-robust-probe: [ALSA]     hda-intel - Improve HD-audio codec probing robustness     [#172330]

  - patches.arch/i386-hpet-lost-interrupts-fix.patch:
    Backport i386 hpet lost interrupts code [#257035]

  - patches.fixes/megaraid_mbox-dell-cerc-support: Dell CERC     support for megaraid_mbox [#267134]

  - patches.fixes/nfsv4-MAXNAME-fix.diff: knfsd: query     filesystem for NFSv4 getattr of FATTR4_MAXNAME [#271803]
    -

patches.drivers/ide-amd74xx-add-ignore_enablebits-parameter: amd74xx:
add ignore_enable_bits module parameter [#272786]

  - patches.fixes/legacy-pty-count-kernel-parm.patch: Add a     kernel boot parameter to overwrite the legacy PTY count.
    The default value of 64 is insufficient occasionally     [#277846]

  - patches.fixes/lockd-grant-shutdown: Stop GRANT callback     from crashing if NFS server has been stopped. [#292478]

  - Kernel update to 2.6.16.54 [#298719] including (among     others) :

  - lots of md fixes

  - fix of sparc bugs

  - fix of TCP handling of SACK in bidirectional flows

  - fix of MCA bus matching

  - fix of PPC issues :

  - Fix osize too small errors when decoding mppe.

  - Fix output buffer size in ppp_decompress_frame(). -

patches.fixes/assign-task_struct.exit_code-before-taskstats_ exit.patch: Assign task_struct.exit_code before taskstats_exit() [#307504]

  - patches.fixes/bonding_no_addrconf_for_bond_slaves:
    bonding / ipv6: no addrconf for slaves separately from     master. [#310254]

  - patches.fixes/bonding_support_carrier_state_for_master:
    bonding: support carrier state for master [#310254] -

patches.fixes/fix-sys-devices-system-node-node0-meminfo-from

-having-anonpages-wrapped.patch: fix /sys/devices/system/node/node0/meminfo from having anonpages wrapped [#310744] -

patches.fixes/nfs-remove-bogus-cache-change-attribute-check. diff fix bogus cache change to make data available immediately, on direct write [#325877] -

patches.fixes/tcp-send-ACKs-each-2nd-received-segment.patch: Send ACKs each 2nd received segment. This fixes a problem where the tcp cubic congestion algorithm was too slow in converging [#327848]

  - patches.drivers/libata-fix-spindown: libata: fix disk     spindown on shutdown [#330722]

  - patches.fixes/scsi-reset-resid: busy status on tape     write results in incorrect residual [#330926]

  - patches.fixes/condense-output-of-show_free_areas.patch:
    Condense output of show_free_areas() [#331251]

  - patches.arch/powernowk8_family_freq_from_fiddid.patch:
    To find the frequency given the fid and did is family     dependent. [#332722]

  - patches.fixes/tcp-saner-thash_entries-default.patch:
    Limit the size of the TCP established hash to 512k     entries by default [#333273]

  - patches.drivers/alsa-emu10k1-spdif-mem-fix: [ALSA]     emu10k1 - Fix memory corruption [#333314]

  - patches.drivers/alsa-post-sp1-hda-stac-error-fix: [ALSA]     Fix error probing with STAC codecs [#333320] -

    patches.fixes/qla2xxx-avoid-duplicate-pci_disable_device     : Fixup patch to not refer to stale pointer [#333542]

  - large backport of dm-crypt fixes: [#333905]

  - patches.fixes/dm-disable_barriers.diff: dm: disable     barriers. -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_for_workqueue_change.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-restructure_write_processing.diff

  - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-move_io_to_workqueue.diff

  - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_private_biosets.diff

  - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_call_to_clone_init.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_avoid_cloned_bio_ref_after_free.d iff

  - patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_remove_first_clone.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-use_smaller_bvecs_in_clones.diff -

patches.fixes/dm-crypt-fix_panic_on_large_request.diff

  - patches.fixes/initramfs-fix-cpio-hardlink-check.patch:
    initramfs: fix CPIO hardlink check [#334612]

  - patches.drivers/lpfc-8.1.10.12-update: driver update to     fix severe issues in lpfc 8.1.10.9 driver [#334630]     [#342044]

  - patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-1: NFS: Fix error     handling in nfs_direct_write_result() [#336200]

  - patches.fixes/nfs-direct-io-fix-2: NFS: Fix a refcount     leakage in O_DIRECT [#336200]

  - add patches.drivers/ibmvscsi-migration-login.patch     prohibit IO during adapter login process [#337980]

  - patches.arch/acpi_thinkpad_brightness_fix.patch: Take     care of latest Lenovo ThinkPad brightness control     [#338274] [#343660]

  - patches.fixes/ramdisk-2.6.23-corruption_fix.diff: rd:
    fix data corruption on memory pressure [#338643] -

    patches.fixes/fc_transport-remove-targets-on-host-remove     : memory use after free error in mptfc [#338730] -

patches.fixes/ipmi-ipmi_msghandler.c-fix-a-memory-leak.patch : IPMI:
ipmi_msghandler.c: fix a memory leak [#339413]

  - add patches.arch/ppc-pseries-rtas_ibm_suspend_me.patch     fix multiple bugs in rtas_ibm_suspend_me code [#339927]

  - patches.fixes/nfsacl-retval.diff: knfsd: fix spurious     EINVAL errors on first access of new filesystem     [#340873]

  - patches.fixes/avm-fix-capilib-locking: [ISDN] Fix random     hard freeze with AVM cards. [#341894]

  - patches.fixes/ipv6_rh_processing_fix: [IPV6]: Restore     semantics of Routing Header processing [#343100]

  - The following set of XEN fixes has been applied:
    [#343612]

  - patches.xen/14280-net-fake-carrier-flag.patch: netfront:
    Better fix for netfront_tx_slot_available().

  - patches.xen/14893-copy-more-skbs.patch: netback: Copy     skbuffs that are presented to the start_xmit() function.

  - patches.xen/157-netfront-skb-deref.patch: net front:
    Avoid deref'ing skb after it is potentially freed.

  - patches.xen/263-xfs-unmap.patch: xfs: eagerly remove     vmap mappings to avoid upsetting Xen.

  - patches.xen/xen-i386-set-fixmap: i386/PAE: avoid     temporarily inconsistent pte-s.

  - patches.xen/xen-isa-dma: Suppress all use of ISA DMA on     Xen.

  - patches.xen/xen-x86-panic-smp,

  - patches.xen/xen-netback-alloc,

  - patches.xen/xen-split-pt-lock,

  - patches.xen/137-netfront-copy-release.patch,

  - patches.xen/141-driver-autoload.patch,

  - patches.xen/xen-balloon-max-target,

  - patches.xen/xen-balloon-min,

  - patches.xen/xen-i386-highpte,

  - patches.xen/xen-intel-agp,

  - patches.xen/xen-multicall-check,

  - patches.xen/xen-x86-dcr-fallback,

  - patches.xen/xen-x86-pXX_val,

  - patches.xen/xen-x86-performance: Adjust.

  - patches.arch/acpi_backport_video.c.patch: Backport video     driver from 2.6.23-rc9 [#343660]

  - patches.arch/acpi_find_bcl_support.patch: Store     brightness/video functionality of ACPI provided by BIOS     [#343660]

Fixes for ia64 :

-

patches.fixes/fix-the-graphic-corruption-issue-on-ia64-machi nes.patch: Fix the graphic corruption issue on IA64 machines [#241041]

Fixes for S/390 :

  - IBM Patchcluster 18 [#333421,#340129,#341000]

  - Problem-ID: 39323 - qeth: discard inbound packets with     unknown header id

  - Problem-ID: 39542 - cio: Incorrect check for activity in     cmf

  - Problem-ID: 38321 - kernel: Reboot of large z/VM guests     takes a lot of time

  - Problem-ID: 40293 - kernel: pfault disabled

  - Problem-ID: 40296 - cio: change device sense procedure     to work with PAV aliases

  - Problem-ID: 39981 - zfcp: Remove SCSI devices when     removing complete adapter

  - Problem-ID: 40331 - zfcp: Deadlock when adding invalid     LUN

  - Problem-ID: 40333 - zfcp: Reduce flood on hba trace

  - Fix kprobe on 'bc' instruction [#301563] For further     description of the named Problem-IDs, please look to     http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/oct     ober 2005_recommended.html

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
89116	VMware ESX / ESXi Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2009-0014) (remote check)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
79447	OracleVM 2.1 : kernel (OVMSA-2008-2005)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
67763	Oracle Linux 3 : kernel (ELSA-2008-0973)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
67659	Oracle Linux 5 : Important: / kernel (ELSA-2008-0154)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
67641	Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2008-0055)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
60507	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
60370	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
60354	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
59125	SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4745)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
43674	CentOS 4 / 5 : kernel (CESA-2008:0154)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
42179	VMSA-2009-0014 : VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve multiple security issues	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	high
36852	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:112)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
35323	RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2009:0001)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
35190	RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2008:0973)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
35186	CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2008:0973)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
31388	RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2008:0154)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
31148	Debian DSA-1504-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
31147	Debian DSA-1503-1 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
31093	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-578-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
30183	Ubuntu 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : linux-source-2.6.17/20/22 vulnerabilities (USN-574-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
30154	CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2008:0055)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
30142	openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4929)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
30140	RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2008:0055)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
29880	openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4752)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
29756	Debian DSA-1436-1 : linux-2.6 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
29489	SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4741)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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