MDKSA-2006:197

Package name
kernel
Date
2006-11-03
Advisory ID
MDKSA-2006:197
Affected versions
2007.0 x86_64 , 2007.0 i586

Problem description

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6
kernel:

Bugs in the netfilter for IPv6 code, as reported by Mark Dowd, were
fixed (CVE-2006-4572).

The ATM subsystem of the Linux kernel could allow a remote attacker to
cause a Denial of Service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the
ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are
freed (CVE-2006-4997).

The provided packages are patched to fix these vulnerabilities. All
users are encouraged to upgrade to these updated kernels immediately
and reboot to effect the fixes.

In addition to these security fixes, other fixes have been included
such as:

- updated to 2.6.17.14 - fix wrong error handling in pccard_store_cis -
add NX mask for PTE entry on x86_64 - fix snd-hda-intel OOPS -
backported support r8169-related (r8168/r8169SC) network chipsets -
explicitly initialize some members of the drm_driver structure,
otherwise NULL init will have bad side effects (mach64) - support for
building a nosrc.rpm package - fixed unplug/eject on pcmcia cards with
r8169 chipsets - fix libata resource conflicts - fix xenU crash and
re-enable domU boot logs - fix refcount error triggered by software
using /proc/[pid]/auxv

To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate

Updated packages

2007.0 x86_64

 4a134d3c6a5bb96b3191e750fe230cb6  2007.0/x86_64/kernel-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 14f2e578d613e3ae3f691980248df648  2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 c60f34dfd4f0ed8a96902ce89e46178a  2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 868743bd6503be82bb00a720404582df  2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
 47b108c6acae00650e9d8d0b64af1e3f  2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 29e240e832e84eefd95a47a5dbec1df9  2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

2007.0 i586

 fdcd9cdcd13729d19e87ea6e045c40a9  2007.0/i586/kernel-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 c5b92253d8359f40a1d58ce3fd2afa6d  2007.0/i586/kernel-enterprise-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 40aa09f4acfb3f55264a4077b6129ad2  2007.0/i586/kernel-legacy-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 ca4a8a25517d32f24bcf6540f8d4ac43  2007.0/i586/kernel-source-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 614b49725c3b0a23ef3520e1ce54e8ae  2007.0/i586/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 35d251fc2496a2fc6fa6d42bd7df0057  2007.0/i586/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
 eb6e0f7788acc76c67843c839459d836  2007.0/i586/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 29e240e832e84eefd95a47a5dbec1df9  2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

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