RHSA-2009:1466High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
September 29, 2009
Last Modified
November 21, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2009-2847 →CVE-2009-2848 →

📋 Description

CVE-2009-2847 — kernel: information leak in sigaltstack CVE-2009-2848 — kernel: execve: must clear current->clear_child_tid

🎯 Affected products62

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-PAE-devel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.8.1.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 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/docs/DOC-11259

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