Description: Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information, gain escalated privileges and cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or by malicious people to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information and potentially cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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