[CentOS] local root exploit

Valent Turkovic wrote:

>>
>>  Where is it pointing for updates?
> 
> #released updates
> [updates]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
> priority=1
> enabled=1
> 
> 


Try commenting out the mirrorlist and uncommenting the baseurl
Then run
yum clean headers
yum update kernel

That should bring it in - I know the baseurl listed there has it.
I noticed the priority line - is it possible you have a different repo 
set with a higher priority causing an issue?