RHSA-2012:1042High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
June 26, 2012
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (5)

CVE-2011-4347 →CVE-2012-0038 →CVE-2012-0044 →CVE-2012-1097 →CVE-2012-1179 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-4347 — kernel: kvm: device assignment DoS CVE-2012-0038 — kernel: xfs heap overflow CVE-2012-0044 — kernel: drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() CVE-2012-1097 — kernel: regset: Prevent null pointer reference on readonly regsets CVE-2012-1179 — kernel: thp: __split_huge_page() mapcount != page_mapcount BUG_ON()

🎯 Affected products48

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.32-131.29.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 To install kernel packages manually, use "rpm -ivh [package]". Do not use "rpm -Uvh" as that will remove the running kernel binaries from your system. You may use "rpm -e" to remove old kernels after determining that the new kernel functions properly on your system.

🔗 References (9)