ELSA-2008-0211

ELSA-2008-0211 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2008-05-07

Description

[kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL]
- add directio support for qla drivers (herb) [ora 6346849]
- support PT Quad card [ora 5751043]
- [ora 5088963]: io to nfs partition hangs
- add entropy for bnx2 nic [ora 5931647]
- avoid large allocation-fragmentation in MTU (zab)
- fix clear highpage (wli)

[kernel-2.4.21-57.EL]
- Update: Fix race condition in dnotify() (Al Viro) [439755 443436] {CVE-2008-1375 CVE-2008-1669}

[kernel-2.4.21-56.EL]
- Fix race condition in dnotify() (Al Viro) [439755] {CVE-2008-1375}
- Fix machine check error on Clovertown G0 (Geoff Gustafson) [430924]
- Fix unaligned handler for FP instructions (Don Howard) [430919]

[kernel-2.4.21-55.EL]
- Fix race condition in sys_mincore() (Don Howard) [247595] {CVE-2006-4814}
- Fix panic with AIO writes to pipes (Josef Bacik) [311621] {CVE-2007-5001}
- Fix error with coredump ownership (Don Howard) [396961] {CVE-2007-6206}
- Fix potential buffer overrun issue in isdn_ioctl (Don Howad) [425141] {CVE-2007-6151}
- Fix potential DoS with mremap (Don Howard) [428967] {CVE-2008-0007}
- Clear df flag for signal handlers (Don Howard) [437313] {CVE-2008-1367}

[kernel-2.4.21-54.EL]
- Fix hang at unmount with many unused dentries (Josef Bacik) [413731]

Related CVEs

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 3 (i386)	kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.src.rpm	7658906e48f281dd4c5cb17704286bd5	ELSA-2009-1550
	oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.src.rpm	765d724ff3fb1b031f14648a448ee276	-
	kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpm	a116e89b4595b336b32d623320366551	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	17786eaec315d962073cfa2ed650afab	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i386.rpm	d38fb0b2af9cfac7e4eb0d96e3ba6bcd	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-doc-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i386.rpm	c8ecfb7541a378a4fb53fc14889eaf22	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	f3155d1e2ee8620d54198ff699bab7a2	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	45f23b89611bfb973dce573222745fb1	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpm	42b80571f7921670cb29375a561efc6a	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	3215f8887366b627918f03058b014342	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpm	6f3b7ef39c1db2644615c954f799bf23	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	d15a4d3fcae49820356375405320d668	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-source-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i386.rpm	ec90ed88280bbdd8c556543e25aaa595	ELSA-2009-1550
	oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.i686.rpm	4733931cb4132428423c3d8a15a3d361	-
	oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.ELhugemem-1.0.5-1.i686.rpm	f3469e9205c3e38a60b1b66df99281a9	-
	oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.ELsmp-1.0.5-1.i686.rpm	c31aa17d90fe8da8c225dd7b3f7e760f	-
Oracle Linux 3 (x86_64)	kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.src.rpm	7658906e48f281dd4c5cb17704286bd5	ELSA-2009-1550
	oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.src.rpm	765d724ff3fb1b031f14648a448ee276	-
	kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.ia32e.rpm	997b4bfc24e19498198fd74856d8f393	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	bd1bc8c00f40049a3473153ef378e9ac	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-doc-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	903861f11d5d4d4155a3772bdfc9af03	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	ea9e7e69afd0a45fb66d112516c88598	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	2c221dc81e8a50598e8d21674651f97b	ELSA-2009-1550
	kernel-source-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	a6df6cc049889fa1ef5172642a0c63da	ELSA-2009-1550
	oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.ia32e.rpm	15e7258bdb41afe5a2fd705e9c164855	-
	oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm	c64739f228d16a38ba6eb845db19912c	-
	oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.ELsmp-1.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm	10ac31073f00341b448a5b78bd130d48	-

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