This bug has been copied from bug #596548 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).
in kernel-2.6.18-194.30.1.el5 linux-2.6-fs-fix-dcache-accounting-bug.patch
=== In Red Hat Customer Portal Case 00389097 === --- Comment by Leddy, James on 12/6/2010 4:02 PM --- Imran, I'll keep you posted on the progress as this fix is released as errata. There are a few high priority security bugs that you should be aware of if you're building a 5.5 machine: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0793.html - glibc privilege escalation https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html - latest kernel containing privilege escalation fixes and others As always if you would like to see a list of security errata on Enterprise Linux, visit https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel-server-errata-security.html. For a list of all errata you can visit https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel-server-errata.html
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html