Fedora update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA37928

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/37928/

DESCRIPTION: Fedora has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information see vulnerability #5 in: SA36707

SOLUTION: Apply updated packages using the yum utility (“yum update kernel”).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY: FEDORA-2009-13694: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01344.html

OTHER REFERENCES: SA36707: http://secunia.com/advisories/36707/

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