RHSA-2008:0612High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
August 4, 2008
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2008-1294 →CVE-2008-2136 →CVE-2008-2812 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-1294 — kernel: setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPUINFO) with zero value doesn't inherit properly across children CVE-2008-2136 — kernel: sit memory leak CVE-2008-2812 — kernel: NULL ptr dereference in multiple network drivers due to missing checks in tty code

🎯 Affected products90

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-PAE-devel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-PAE-devel-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • +60 more not shown

✅ 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 (19)