RHSA-2007:0939High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
November 1, 2007
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (9)

CVE-2006-6921 →CVE-2007-2878 →CVE-2007-3105 →CVE-2007-3739 →CVE-2007-3740 →CVE-2007-3843 →CVE-2007-3848 →CVE-2007-4308 →CVE-2007-4571 →

📋 Description

CVE-2006-6921 — kernel: denial of service with wedged processes CVE-2007-2878 — VFAT compat ioctls DoS on 64-bit CVE-2007-3105 — Bound check ordering issue in random driver CVE-2007-3739 — LTC36188-Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions CVE-2007-3740 — CIFS should honor umask CVE-2007-3843 — CIFS signing sec= mount options don't work correctly CVE-2007-3848 — Privilege escalation via PR_SET_PDEATHSIG CVE-2007-4308 — kernel: Missing ioctl() permission checks in aacraid driver CVE-2007-4571 — ALSA memory disclosure flaw

🎯 Affected products113

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ppc64iseries as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (17)