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ELSA-2008-0885 Important: Enterprise Linux kernel security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2008-0885 Important: Enterprise Linux kernel security and bug fix update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

12/17/2007

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/20/2011

Modified

04/11/2019

Description

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).

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-doc
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-headers
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-pae
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-xen
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-ocfs2
oracle-linux-upgrade-oracleasm

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2007-6417
27694
30559
30647
CVE - 2007-6417
CVE - 2008-3272
CVE - 2008-3275
DSA-1436
DSA-1630
DSA-1636
OVAL10744
OVAL11182
OVAL6551
OVAL8920
RHSA-2008:0787
RHSA-2008:0857
RHSA-2008:0885
RHSA-2008:0972
RHSA-2008:0973
RHSA-2009:0014
SUSE-SA:2008:006
SUSE-SA:2008:047
SUSE-SA:2008:048
SUSE-SA:2008:049
SUSE-SA:2008:052
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-September/000742.html
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