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TITLE:
Fedora update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40533

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2010-07-09

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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes a
vulnerability and a security issue, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions, cause
a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially gain escalated privileges.

1) An error in the within the "ethtool_get_rxnfc()" function can be
exploited by malicious local users to cause a kernel crash or
potentially gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA40205

2) An error in btrfs allows local users to set ACLs for arbitrary
files.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update kernel").

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
2) Shi Weihua

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-10876:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043944.html

2) http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/17/544

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