kernel (SL6)

Synopsis: Important: kernel
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:2105-1
Issue Date: 2016-10-25
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-5195

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

Security Fix(es):

* A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel’s memory
subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only
memory mappings. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain
write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase
their privileges on the system. (CVE-2016-5195, Important)

SL6
x86_64
kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch.rpm
i386
kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch.rpm
noarch
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.noarch.rpm

– Scientific Linux Development Team