Scientific Linux alert SL-kern-20121114 (kernel)

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Security ERRATA Low: kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 
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Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:29:01 -0600
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Synopsis:          Low: kernel security and bug fix update
Issue Date:        2012-11-13
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2012-2100
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The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

This update fixes the following security issue:

* It was found that a previous update did not correctly fix the
CVE-2009-4307 issue, a divide-by-zero flaw in the ext4 file system code. A
local, unprivileged user with the ability to mount an ext4 file system
could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2100, Low)

This update also fixes several bugs.

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
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SL5
   x86_64
     kernel-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-debug-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-devel-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-xen-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
     kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
   i386
     kernel-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-debug-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-devel-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.i386.rpm
     kernel-xen-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.i686.rpm
     kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.i686.rpm
   noarch
     kernel-doc-2.6.18-308.20.1.el5.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team