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== Changes ==
* A security fix from mainstream (updated to 2.6.16.24)

{{Kernel git log|2.6.16|026test015.2}}

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=== Patches ===

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fix prctl privilege escalation and suid_dumpable ({{CVE|2006-2451}})

Based on a patch from Ernie Petrides

During security research, Red Hat discovered a behavioral flaw in core dump handling. A local user could create a program that would cause a core file to be dumped into a directory they would not normally have permissions to write to. This could lead to a denial of service (disk consumption), or allow the local user to gain root privileges.
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