TITLE:
Mandriva update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17826

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandrakelinux 10.1
http://secunia.com/product/4198/

DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and gain escalated privileges, or by
malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information and
cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA13493
SA13654
SA14295
SA15392
SA16298
SA16355
SA16747
SA12525
SA16494
SA16969
SA16897
SA17114
SA17226
SA14585

Note: A resource leak in the handling of POSIX timers in the exec()
function has also been fixed.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Mandrakelinux 10.1:

cc60a0c2a5c0425db63a625526475898
10.1/RPMS/kernel-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
9c85d79e18e3dec0bd80605ab4ed7bc6
10.1/RPMS/kernel-enterprise-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
619c620342e4786903ad174827a78982
10.1/RPMS/kernel-i586-up-1GB-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
bdfc653a5ca1e456d3c15c2f8f35d98d
10.1/RPMS/kernel-i686-up-64GB-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
a9241f9cd330bc79360f0dda4fa1eec5
10.1/RPMS/kernel-secure-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
29bbd09a962d59cd92e60ab644439b6f
10.1/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
cae06806ff7412caa156fcea3d86c78f
10.1/RPMS/kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-26mdk.i586.rpm
34122459890fa39f27a81cec4c3e56e6
10.1/RPMS/kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.8.1-26mdk.i586.rpm
104478404575b1903f8ca961a0e68a21
10.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:

d8d56fcbe9daa46d35e80aa61ba6a6ce
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/kernel-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm
f784c422b1f5874e6456d8fc3eeb2449
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/kernel-secure-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm
1566275e89bb4087535f9de77157a5b6
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.x86_64.rpm
d30568e225088db18fe1bc72fc108ea9
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-26mdk.x86_64.rpm
e1b2c9cf2feb58611eb7d48d8216bb45
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.8.1-26mdk.x86_64.rpm
104478404575b1903f8ca961a0e68a21
x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.8.1.26mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA13493:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13493/

SA13654:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13654/

SA14295:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14295/

SA15392:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15392/

SA16298:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16298/

SA16355:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/

SA16747:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/

SA12525:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12525/

SA16494:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16494/

SA16969:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16969/

SA16897:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16897/

SA17114:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17114/

SA17226:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17226/

SA14585:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14585/

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