RHSA-2008:0129: Important: kernel security update

First published: Tue Feb 12 2008(Updated: )

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux<br>operating system.<br>A flaw was found in vmsplice. An unprivileged local user could use this<br>flaw to gain root privileges. (CVE-2008-0600)<br>Red Hat is aware that a public exploit for this issue is available. This<br>issue did not affect the Linux kernels distributed with Red Hat Enterprise<br>Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.<br>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these updated<br>packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

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