Linux kernel vulnerability

[Jerry Feldman]

There is a serious kernel bug, but fixes should be coming down the pike
very shortly. While this is a serious bug, it is apparently only
exploitable from the inside.

This is what Thomas Charon sent to glhlug yesterday.
http://blog.cr0.org/2009/08/linux-null-pointer-dereference-due-to.html

Here is the Red Hat Bugzilla entry:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D516949#c10
It's been fixed, but has not yet been released.

kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.7.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 1=
1.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.7.fc11 =20


Ubuntu
http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs-nLRlyDuq1AZFpShjVBNYrg@public.gmane.org/msg1630833.html

I did not see it in OpenSuSE's web site yet.

--=20
Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB  CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846