RHSA-2008:0885High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
September 24, 2008
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (5)

CVE-2007-6417 →CVE-2007-6716 →CVE-2008-2931 →CVE-2008-3272 →CVE-2008-3275 →

📋 Description

CVE-2007-6417 — tmpfs: restore missing clear_highpage (kernels from 2.6.11 up) CVE-2007-6716 — kernel: dio: zero struct dio with kzalloc instead of manually CVE-2008-2931 — kernel: missing check before setting mount propagation CVE-2008-3272 — kernel snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info leak CVE-2008-3275 — Linux kernel local filesystem DoS

🎯 Affected products90

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-PAE-devel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-PAE-devel-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.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 (23)