Scientific Linux alert SL-kern-20130314 (kernel)

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Pat Riehecky <riehecky@fnal.gov> 
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Security ERRATA Important: kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 
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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:39:53 -0500
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Article, Thread
              
Synopsis:          Important: kernel security update
Issue Date:        2013-02-26
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2013-0871
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This update fixes the following security issue:

* A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's ptrace
implementation handled PTRACE_SETREGS requests when the debuggee was woken
due to a SIGKILL signal instead of being stopped. A local, unprivileged user
could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2013-0871, Important)

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
--

SL6
   x86_64
     kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-debug-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-devel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-headers-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     perf-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
     python-perf-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
   i386
     kernel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     kernel-debug-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     kernel-devel-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     kernel-headers-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     perf-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
     python-perf-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
   noarch
     kernel-doc-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.noarch.rpm
     kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.0.1.el6.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team