RHSA-2008:0957High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
November 4, 2008
Last Modified
June 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (8)

CVE-2006-5755 →CVE-2007-5907 →CVE-2008-2372 →CVE-2008-3276 →CVE-2008-3527 →CVE-2008-3833 →CVE-2008-4210 →CVE-2008-4302 →

📋 Description

CVE-2006-5755 — kernel: local denial of service due to NT bit leakage CVE-2007-5907 — kernel-xen 3.1.1 does not prevent modification of the CR4 TSC from applications (DoS possible) CVE-2008-2372 — kernel: Reinstate ZERO_PAGE optimization in 'get_user_pages()' and fix XIP CVE-2008-3276 — Linux kernel dccp_setsockopt_change() integer overflow CVE-2008-3527 — kernel: missing boundary checks in syscall/syscall32_nopage() CVE-2008-3833 — kernel: remove SUID when splicing into an inode CVE-2008-4210 — kernel: open() call allows setgid bit when user is not in new file's group CVE-2008-4302 — kernel: splice: fix bad unlock_page() in error case

🎯 Affected products90

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-PAE-devel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-PAE-devel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
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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 (29)