RHSA-2013:1783High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
December 5, 2013
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2012-4508 →CVE-2013-2851 →CVE-2013-4299 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-4508 — kernel: ext4: AIO vs fallocate stale data exposure CVE-2013-2851 — kernel: block: passing disk names as format strings CVE-2013-4299 — kernel: dm: dm-snapshot data leak

🎯 Affected products102

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.3)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.3)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node Optional EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.3)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.32-279.39.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.3)
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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/site/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.

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