RHSA-2015:1272Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published
July 20, 2015
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (8)

CVE-2014-3184 →CVE-2014-3940 →CVE-2014-4652 →CVE-2014-8133 →CVE-2014-8709 →CVE-2014-9683 →CVE-2015-0239 →CVE-2015-3339 →

📋 Description

CVE-2014-3184 — Kernel: HID: off by one error in various _report_fixup routines CVE-2014-3940 — Kernel: missing check during hugepage migration CVE-2014-4652 — Kernel: ALSA: control: protect user controls against races & memory disclosure CVE-2014-8133 — kernel: x86: espfix(64) bypass via set_thread_area and CLONE_SETTLS CVE-2014-8709 — kernel: net: mac80211: plain text information leak CVE-2014-9683 — kernel: buffer overflow in eCryptfs CVE-2015-0239 — kernel: kvm: insufficient sysenter emulation when invoked from 16-bit code CVE-2015-3339 — kernel: race condition between chown() and execve()

🎯 Affected products188

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-573.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-573.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-573.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-573.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:2.6.32-573.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-573.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-573.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-573.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-573.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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