Red Hat Linux 2.4 Kernel Multiple Potential Vulnerabilities

Red Hat Linux 2.4 Kernel Multiple Potential Vulnerabilities

Red Hat Linux has released a 2.4 Kernel update to fix multiple potential security issues. Other non-security related issues were also addresses in this upgrade.

The issues are as follows:

Red Hat has reported that ioctls of several RTC drivers have been fixed to prevent potential data leaks. This may be related to BID 9154.

A previous kernel upgrade may have caused certain "--reject-with tcp-reset" IPTABLES rules to malfunction.

Initiating certain bonding interfaces may trigger a kernel panic.