Scientific Linux alert SL-kern-20120823 (kernel)

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Security ERRATA Low: kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 
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Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:22:49 -0500
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Synopsis:          Low: kernel security and bug fix update
Issue Date:        2012-08-21
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2012-2313

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

This update fixes the following security issue:

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's dl2k driver, used by
certain D-Link Gigabit Ethernet adapters, restricted IOCTLs. A local,
unprivileged user could use this flaw to issue potentially harmful IOCTLs,
which could cause Ethernet adapters using the dl2k driver to malfunction
(for example, losing network connectivity). (CVE-2012-2313, Low)

This update also fixes several bugs.
Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported
patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this
update to take effect.

SL5
   x86_64
     kernel-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-debug-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-devel-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-xen-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
   i386
     kernel-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-debug-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-devel-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.i386.rpm
     kernel-xen-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.i686.rpm
   noarch
     kernel-doc-2.6.18-308.13.1.el5.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team