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Updated 6102R kernel
An updated kernel has been released for Aventurin{e} 6102R, addressing a vulnerability.
A vulnerability (race condition) has been found in the Linux 2.6 kernel used on Aventurin{e} 6102R for CentOS v4.8. It could allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or gain privileges by attempting to open an anonymous pipe via a /proc/*/fd/ pathname.
Information:
Updated kernels have been released to address this issue. They are now available in the OS-Updates YUM repository:
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Package
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Installing:
kernel
kernel-PAE
kernel-ent
kernel-headers
Transaction Summary
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Install 4 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 56 M
As usual the updated kernels are in the separate OS-Updates YUM repository, which needs to be enabled manually. This can be done through "BlueLinQ" in the GUI. After the installation of the new kernel please reboot your master node.
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