RHSA-2008:0237High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
May 7, 2008
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (6)

CVE-2005-0504 →CVE-2007-6282 →CVE-2008-0007 →CVE-2008-1375 →CVE-2008-1615 →CVE-2008-1669 →

📋 Description

CVE-2005-0504 — Buffer overflow in moxa driver CVE-2007-6282 — IPSec ESP kernel panics CVE-2008-0007 — kernel: insufficient range checks in fault handlers with mremap CVE-2008-1375 — kernel: race condition in dnotify (local DoS, local roothole possible) CVE-2008-1615 — kernel: ptrace: Unprivileged crash on x86_64 %cs corruption CVE-2008-1669 — kernel: add rcu_read_lock() to fcheck() in both dnotify, locks.c and fix fcntl store/load race in locks.c

🎯 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-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.ppc64iseries as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.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)