Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.25-6
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch
Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for linux-2.6.
CVE-2008-0598[0]:
| Unspecified vulnerability in the 32-bit and 64-bit emulation in the
| Linux kernel 2.6.9, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows local
| users to read uninitialized memory via unknown vectors involving a
| crafted binary.
If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.
A patch can be found in the redhat report:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=311794
The path to this file changed, it's x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
in our source packages.
For further information see:
[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0598
http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-0598
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