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| Problem Description |
Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6
kernel:
The Linux kernel does not properly save or restore EFLAGS during a
context switch, or reset the flags when creating new threads, which
could allow a local user to cause a Denial of Service (process crash)
(CVE-2006-5173).
The seqfile handling in the 2.6 kernel up to 2.6.18 allows local users
to cause a DoS (hang or oops) via unspecified manipulations that
trigger an infinite loop while searching for flowlabels
(CVE-2006-5619).
An integer overflow in the 2.6 kernel prior to 2.6.18.4 could allow a
local user to execute arbitrary code via a large maxnum value in an
ioctl request (CVE-2006-5751).
A race condition in the ISO9660 filesystem handling could allow a local
user to cause a DoS (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660
filesystem containing malformed data structures (CVE-2006-5757).
A vulnerability in the bluetooth support could allow for overwriting
internal CMTP and CAPI data structures via malformed packets
(CVE-2006-6106).
The provided packages are patched to fix these vulnerabilities. All
users are encouraged to upgrade to these updated kernels immediately
and reboot to effect the fixes.
In addition to these security fixes, other fixes have been included
such as:
- added the marvell IDE driver - use a specific driver Jmicron chipsets
rather than using a generic one - updated the sky2 driver to fix some
network hang issues
To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at:
https://mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate
| Updated Packages |
Mandriva Linux 2007
7eba457234782c9f83c47cd26be3de80 2007.0/i586/kernel-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 80f104e8ff3081e7e868e3482f50fd81 2007.0/i586/kernel-enterprise-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 72964c8645531460b742f9e54d118488 2007.0/i586/kernel-legacy-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm bc52255a4290284600dfc0e97e5797cd 2007.0/i586/kernel-source-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm fbfc24233bf616eab08b247194210fe7 2007.0/i586/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm e30ec4041c80756ab8e004b6335337cd 2007.0/i586/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 4da4e24805a2a2301bf7f97f6e0fb974 2007.0/i586/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 0cb62354da7ae0bd1dd6b851bedd9496 2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64
d4c8250e75b57b227b308e2a975ae13c 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 3cb5a059bc3d352da95fb285f2c31f80 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 9ff265225b8624a083058b5ec16174c2 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 23ba072d883bac51179e42df654aba79 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 268ac512e41476f1e0df9d94299c317b 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 0cb62354da7ae0bd1dd6b851bedd9496 2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
| References |
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6106
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5757
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5751
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5619
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5173
| Upgrade |
To upgrade your kernel, view the kernel update instructions. Kernels cannot be upgraded via MandrivaUpdate.
| Verification |
Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :
rpm --checksig package.rpm
You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.