sledp3-kernel

Security update for the Linux kernel

This kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel fixes several critical security issues. Following security issues were fixed: * CVE-2010-3081: Incorrect buffer handling in the biarch-compat buffer handling could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges. This problem affects foremost x86_64, or potentially other biarch platforms, like PowerPC and S390x. * CVE-2010-2955: A kernel information leak via the WEXT ioctl was fixed. * CVE-2010-3078: A kernel information leak via the XFS filesystem was fixed. * CVE-2010-3297: A kernel information leak in the net eql code was fixed. Additionally a data corruption bug in s390 was fixed: * A race between /proc/pid/stat and fork in the S390 kernel could lead to data corruption. security This update can be used to install a new kernel. If you decide to use the kernel update, we recommend that you reboot your system upon completion of the YaST Online Update, as additional kernel modules may be needed which can only be loaded after the system is rebooted. If you are in the course of performing a new installation, the installer will reboot the machine after installing the patch. If you do not want to reboot, deselect this patch. kernel-default x86_64 f198fd639857b2aceac5dbf8adf433c1f18d9722 kernel-smp x86_64 ca81a3fa5e01be7d8473d95684045e93a739cdcb kernel-source x86_64 1bdfb5ee3130c2b44ec18c252269cc6f70ef0154 kernel-syms x86_64 5f243910201c476d34c439a6ae456e34122d0d8e kernel-xen x86_64 dc0d6416f503cc408efeba6ba1d87f1634bc375b