RHSA-2008:0972High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
November 19, 2008
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (6)

CVE-2007-5093 →CVE-2007-6716 →CVE-2008-1514 →CVE-2008-3272 →CVE-2008-3528 →CVE-2008-4210 →

📋 Description

CVE-2007-5093 — kernel PWC driver DoS CVE-2007-6716 — kernel: dio: zero struct dio with kzalloc instead of manually CVE-2008-1514 — kernel: ptrace: Padding area write - unprivileged kernel crash CVE-2008-3272 — kernel snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info leak CVE-2008-3528 — Linux kernel ext[234] directory corruption denial of service CVE-2008-4210 — kernel: open() call allows setgid bit when user is not in new file's group

🎯 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-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.ppc64iseries as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.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 (21)