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Red Hat has issued an advisory reporting the correction of several vulnerabilities in version 2.4.18 of the Linux kernel. Some of the security issues are related to the following device drivers: stradis rio500 se401 usbvideo apm Furhermore, vulnerabilities reportedly exist in components of the procfs virtual filesystem that may cause kernel memory to be exposed. It should be assumed that at the very least, local attackers may exploit these vulnerabilities to elevate privileges.

Red Hat has issued an advisory reporting the correction of several vulnerabilities in version 2.4.18 of the Linux kernel. Some of the security issues are related to the following device drivers: stradis rio500 se401 usbvideo apm Furhermore, vulnerabilities reportedly exist in components of the procfs virtual filesystem that may cause kernel memory to be exposed. It should be assumed that at the very least, local attackers may exploit these vulnerabilities to elevate privileges.