Package name kernel
Date November 28th, 2007
Advisory ID MDKSA-2007:232
Affected versions 2008.0

Problem Description

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

The minix filesystem code allows local users to cause a denial of
service (hang) via a malformed minix file stream (CVE-2006-6058).

An integer underflow in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.23 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB length
value in a runt IEEE 802.11 frame when the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA
flag is set (CVE-2007-4997).

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

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

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2008.0

 5c1343b5d8ffdced8a3976f204f51525  2008.0/i586/kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 35d9b9d32b2dea3ced31c287dc48e7b5  2008.0/i586/kernel-desktop-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 a0f6e8a00bcb369f60b42eda0a31e9a4  2008.0/i586/kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 a2be11654f2b06d0579b6a3f5272c31a  2008.0/i586/kernel-desktop-devel-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 4ac1c0d45cd643dbea927050e0a4010a  2008.0/i586/kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 beac61f42065285b3b2f34212d52d8d0  2008.0/i586/kernel-desktop586-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 eb5bc9029a09d92870d1b2e33410eadd  2008.0/i586/kernel-desktop586-devel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 cb9ff0a7902a734e7f1378c46d2e024e  2008.0/i586/kernel-desktop586-devel-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 5640e6c9846abf1cffdbba58517bc4f3  2008.0/i586/kernel-desktop586-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 f47fc0edd34149905ec9c979b365ea1e  2008.0/i586/kernel-doc-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 4281e10a6a2ea8d0eec91e5d4c7f4a97  2008.0/i586/kernel-laptop-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 bf0cdddc00747ca1eac97596d110b2b0  2008.0/i586/kernel-laptop-devel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 d8901cba80555234b45b7291966232f7  2008.0/i586/kernel-laptop-devel-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 fc3f4e82c13a8fe0a3d7c138a4242523  2008.0/i586/kernel-laptop-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 4471d2e11e5814d6b00a92203eb624fd  2008.0/i586/kernel-server-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 3fd2a0f03031e55e1fd688f18a111909  2008.0/i586/kernel-server-devel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 60bebc8c572331ea54da8e2f2003d184  2008.0/i586/kernel-server-devel-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 3603a84dec2dd525aee503face0f5466  2008.0/i586/kernel-server-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 0fdee78f39eb58e8ed656dc746247805  2008.0/i586/kernel-source-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 68e878051bf3584e2544382ffe685d4f  2008.0/i586/kernel-source-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 666ec61a6b9f117b3a991bc0163b66a2  2008.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64

 8a4670ea37e195b450780c65c1e848e1  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 d423ea385be4e43c2e3662faf02ec952  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-desktop-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 24d0752af597feb7d7df1ef0412010a4  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 61932b1d0078387f5212919776940e62  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-desktop-devel-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 fff4298a795775460b87f2fe0b757d10  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 a32ef6a87dc4a8dd28b6a83b810de9ff  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 80b7e690f462eaf2993595afd70c9de0  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-laptop-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 7f6df46dd7a05574c001527a3341b28d  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-laptop-devel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 efa087282b33923c354846909ec1585c  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-laptop-devel-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 a24374352a24ce5c9e9fbfaf9c7f130d  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-laptop-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 7a078712aea92dc7ce3f36288e6126e8  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-server-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 53876a6ab82a4eabecb97be39a256d9b  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-server-devel-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 bc7dc1b24b0acf0f0a4c819a765bd6f6  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-server-devel-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 915a90d1b7dfd1f1b443d77191d90dad  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-server-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 7b9728978473981add1ab6f95272a3ac  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.22.12-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 e5e79acce294760ba2250590efffbcb1  2008.0/x86_64/kernel-source-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 666ec61a6b9f117b3a991bc0163b66a2  2008.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6058
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4997

Upgrade

To upgrade automatically, use MandrivaUpdate.


Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

		rpm --checksig package.rpm
		

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.