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

For more information:
SA23073
SA28105
SA30044
SA30241

Solution
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
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