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CESA-2008:0154: kernel security and bug fix update

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CESA-2008:0154: kernel security and bug fix update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/29/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/12/2010
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linuxoperating system.These updated packages fix the following security issues:As well, these updated packages fix the following bugs:These updated packages resolve several severe issues in the lpfc driver:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these updatedpackages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-kdump
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-kdump-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel

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