Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2016:2105
kernel security update
Released 2016-10-26 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6 +6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) python-perf-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6 +6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) python-perf-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6, kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6 +9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) python-perf-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) kernel-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6, kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6 +6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) python-perf-2.6.32-642.6.2.el6
Fixes 1 record
Priority CRITICAL 90KEV
Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping,…
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.83524 · Published 2016-11-10 · Fixed CWE-362
