ELSA-2008-0275

ELSA-2008-0275 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2008-05-20

Description

[2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5]
- [NET] Add entropy support to e1000 and bnx2 (John Sobecki) [ORA 6045759]
- [NET] Fix msi issue with kexec/kdump (Michael Chan) [ORA 6219364]
- [MM] Fix alloc_pages_node() static 'nid' race made kernel crash (Joe Jin) [ORA 6187457]
- [splice] Fix bad unlock_page() in error case (Jens Axboe) [ORA 6263574]
- [dio] fix error-path crashes (Linux Torvalds) [ORA 6242289]

[2.6.18-53.1.21.el5]
- [misc] infinite loop in highres timers (Michal Schmidt ) [440001]
- [video] PWC driver DoS (Pete Zaitcev ) [308521]
- [x86_64] fix unprivileged crash on %cs corruption (Jarod Wilson ) [439787]
- [net] ESP: ensure IV is in linear part of the skb (Thomas Graf ) [427247]
- [cpufreq] booting with maxcpus=1 panics (Doug Chapman ) [429516]
- [net] sunrpc: lockd recovery is broken (Steve Dickson ) [445360]
- [cpufreq] don't take sem in cpufreq_quick_get (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] remove hotplug cpu cruft (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] governor: use new rwsem locking in work cb (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] ondemand governor restructure the work cb (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] rewrite lock to eliminate hotplug issues (Doug Chapman ) [400821]

[2.6.18-53.1.20.el5]
- [misc] fix softlockup warnings/crashes (Chris Lalancette ) [444402]

Related CVEs

CVE-2007-5093

CVE-2007-6282

CVE-2007-6712

CVE-2008-1615

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 5 (i386)	kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.src.rpm	27957d62487c0ba9547bbe100285d682	ELSA-2019-4732
	ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-1.2.8-2.el5.src.rpm	a0ab25271437de8b7d82abca8366cc3e	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-2.0.4-1.el5.src.rpm	db0fbe51cdf0c32b0413115278d76584	-
	kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm	ec6faba2c677e88443cc56996e325435	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm	9c5892b46810af5a13611c9713743d51	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm	277282f8f437aef4826058396446e82b	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm	993e2e9d3623cd9bea6a14e4a1cee799	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm	a9ffff645f39165a427988125bdc2cd4	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm	ce956b7a67e08700b1e1b56ffd3eac21	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm	eac3b22eedd74f0f1b76f67391eee5a1	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i386.rpm	edab8f5c3b9425281e786de472730491	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm	38086558e0cea9aa914cfbd089560717	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm	faf0cac8ec88604a5f76274fc6f102e2	ELSA-2019-4732
	ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-1.2.8-2.el5.i686.rpm	6b95f22c32842ce7cf2930cf09bd3735	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5PAE-1.2.8-2.el5.i686.rpm	178face958331ecf2ec6dc88459b2920	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug-1.2.8-2.el5.i686.rpm	411db714a20f685fdd1c793fa98fe9af	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen-1.2.8-2.el5.i686.rpm	f991867357e1ad212516ad5bfb143d08	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-2.0.4-1.el5.i686.rpm	8947774f38f2437dae03876164973530	-
	oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.4-1.el5.i686.rpm	f2eb95a4a55f86d9cd98b139abc68623	-
	oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug-2.0.4-1.el5.i686.rpm	52c1bbd44c393f1092ba59ee96ee7963	-
	oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen-2.0.4-1.el5.i686.rpm	1223fb8cc8e6f9edb342cb08716246d8	-
Oracle Linux 5 (x86_64)	kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.src.rpm	27957d62487c0ba9547bbe100285d682	ELSA-2019-4732
	ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-1.2.8-2.el5.src.rpm	a0ab25271437de8b7d82abca8366cc3e	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-2.0.4-1.el5.src.rpm	db0fbe51cdf0c32b0413115278d76584	-
	kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	b33bd6c8a4c9a5623f6f007595074dcb	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	083350ddc0510fd586d4630e7ce93d3b	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	f54444d61f8ba322807c8983a1471bad	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	26acf01279a489317a55e4c6a7a86d89	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm	eac3b22eedd74f0f1b76f67391eee5a1	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	813e5f67088bee351184ca0e1a3ebd77	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	3fab24e08ac3b6fb5d5dbc68ee964d9d	ELSA-2019-4732
	kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	c126aa5499aa3569dcec94424ab5c4d7	ELSA-2019-4732
	ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-1.2.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm	69a1ff2d53e2a83a67fe3ff1ead9d138	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug-1.2.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm	b7570184743ae12cb77a5754b9fc73bc	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen-1.2.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm	8ca0f06375896d29375004cd7e582c22	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	83e05aca3916201f0d1ca9f0efa4523c	-
	oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	e05552550afb1557bf34d62c263acea1	-
	oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	10958f16c6ca0920cacf56ef10d82460	-

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