Package name kernel
Date March 20th, 2008
Advisory ID MDVSA-2008:072
Affected versions CS3.0, MNF2.0

Problem Description

The Linux kernel prior to 2.6.22.17, when using certain drivers
that register a fault handler that does not perform range checks,
allowed local users to access kernel memory via an out-of-range offset
(CVE-2008-0007).

Additionally, this kernel fixes a JBD checkpoint memory leak bug.

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

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

Updated Packages

Corporate Server 3.0

 02a9abf32ab0acd35b367cef34d60e91  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 1926b9663ebce026d6ef0cc4b17c8900  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-BOOT-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 21affa41dca0a6545c75b45472d5508d  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-doc-2.6.3-38mdk.i586.rpm
 11a27b6746383fc05398d88819262a15  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-enterprise-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 d64c328410eabb26cb74fcc526c8078d  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 c683085999e3e7e94fc219225dadc842  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-p3-smp-64GB-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 3ebbffdc4bc4931948d4b7fe49c44021  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-secure-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 6ce3bbd2c69db61e54a0903b42d64e8a  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 cde3607985288c7286886bf8762850ea  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-source-2.6.3-38mdk.i586.rpm
 1262426cd7186f9a4e6e8e51d656776a  corporate/3.0/i586/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.3-38mdk.i586.rpm 
 ec8008a027b33c8f07c561ac28451081  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0/X86_64

 b0885f347038ab0f9e28f89cbcaf9abf  corporate/3.0/x86_64/kernel-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm
 6c4779262b7f478ec5c7af9a6a0882cc  corporate/3.0/x86_64/kernel-BOOT-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm
 b0e5f311e37553ccc779bc1c2699d6d8  corporate/3.0/x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.3-38mdk.x86_64.rpm
 cd4a1452a1b420e88792b23c9c63ddf6  corporate/3.0/x86_64/kernel-secure-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm
 eb77a0239c0b8673d1027d897ba7261b  corporate/3.0/x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm
 424a83259a0a6f12426056230640d71f  corporate/3.0/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.3-38mdk.x86_64.rpm
 6ca7e51f1200272a1848310b2f9f54d5  corporate/3.0/x86_64/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.3-38mdk.x86_64.rpm 
 ec8008a027b33c8f07c561ac28451081  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

Multi Network Firewall 2.0

 cddca9d5e516af19ef235d575b964e7d  mnf/2.0/i586/kernel-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 e283b1cd0a86ec26940561a93fa1f702  mnf/2.0/i586/kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 d9ac1515cb52c4bb67f010fcc4b921c8  mnf/2.0/i586/kernel-p3-smp-64GB-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 2d9f4e7b854c703701d9c8ec2e54029a  mnf/2.0/i586/kernel-secure-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
 5ed5914f0dee93412a8093ff9422a451  mnf/2.0/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 
 b0303437993328b249575c512a2177c3  mnf/2.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.3.38mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0007

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.