ELSA-2008-0973

ELSA-2008-0973 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:SECURITY
Severity:IMPORTANT
Release Date:2008-12-18

Description



[2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL]
- add directio support for qla drivers (herb) [ora 6346849]
- support PT Quad card [ora 5751043]
- io to nfs partition hangs [ora 5088963]
- add entropy for bnx2 nic [ora 5931647]
- avoid large allocation-fragmentation in MTU (zab)
- fix clear highpage (wli)

[2.4.21-58.EL]
- copy_user doesn't zero tail bytes on page fault (Don Howard) [433941] {CVE-2008-2729}
- Fix long symlink support (Fabio Olive Leite) [BZ 438758]
- Fix possible buffer overflow in ASN.1 parsing routine (Don Howard) [444461] {CVE-2008-1673}
- Fix exploitable remote memory leak in sit (Don Howard) [446034] {CVE-2008-2136}
- Fix possible panic in mptctl_gettargetinfo (Don Howard) [451955]
- Add add NULL pointer checks in tty drivers (Don Howard) [453158] {CVE-2008-2812}
- Add a kernel parameter to disable lost tick accounting on x86_64 (Don Howard) [455921]
- Fix possible isdn_net buffer overflows (Don Howard) [456361] {CVE-2007-6063}
- Fix lookup on deleted directory (Eugene Teo) [457862] {CVE-2008-3275}
- Add missing capability checks in sbni_ioctl (Eugene Teo) [460404] {CVE-2008-3525}
- Remove suid/sgid bits on ftruncate (dhoward) [463684] {CVE-2008-4210}


Related CVEs



Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenameMD5sumSuperseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 3 (i386) kernel-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.src.rpm109513ac6f9bd7e46bc4557bc4c169dbELSA-2009-1550
oracleasm-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.src.rpm4e705871131a8f4a25c98a63444b07fc-
kernel-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpmc8697e791ddafa79b5093c0c2cb04affELSA-2009-1550
kernel-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm532a265ca20797ca3f49036b0bd112e5ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.i386.rpmfcb90e7299d9d44cde7f65b43de707c6ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-doc-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.i386.rpm94866c7bed9c85fed9c81faed54c5c20ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm69daef2ba0a0889ef8a0c48b1b0bd2b5ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpmdf76ddd63f87ce8c0a63777a852673caELSA-2009-1550
kernel-smp-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpm02d6b8a475ae28199c6dc464a0076f88ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-smp-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpmfabc0d63c796cdf4695bcf91a1dd249cELSA-2009-1550
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpme28eaa868b4c06b0361b52b60ebe5a41ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm24e95fd2ac2d2a1c9ab7f4dff99b8f58ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-source-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.i386.rpm2d68ab1dc3c6bd6951d045ea87904815ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpme79e1309a8f70303a819490a7f9778b9ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm46f8dfa728ffefd6d35eba3dbf6b4ffdELSA-2009-1550
oracleasm-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.i686.rpm97d40574f630783e922e86fc2c6e06d4-
oracleasm-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.ELhugemem-1.0.5-1.i686.rpm031aa4cd7ac02c28633e7f94a12b4bef-
oracleasm-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.ELsmp-1.0.5-1.i686.rpm10e182446352044e34bd584d2063a007-
Oracle Linux 3 (x86_64) kernel-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.src.rpm109513ac6f9bd7e46bc4557bc4c169dbELSA-2009-1550
oracleasm-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.src.rpm4e705871131a8f4a25c98a63444b07fc-
kernel-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.ia32e.rpm514a0f276726adf3de041ea9ee7f6708ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpma9b32cc753a6dc078ad10d36bd952dfcELSA-2009-1550
kernel-doc-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpmc6d9819584b3bf5d1fa3d50fa54016b8ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-smp-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm44e54f3cfded8fb17ed65329f9ef9e8aELSA-2009-1550
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm00276633f67091c3707d759b5379ffbfELSA-2009-1550
kernel-source-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm318f199a04825bc6124600772bcfd6b2ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.ia32e.rpmc91fdb4fd9b4a029fcf82bcaefb51f33ELSA-2009-1550
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpmcbc888b911ea4ca3a13cc124183a5654ELSA-2009-1550
oracleasm-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.ia32e.rpm32fbc987d489104694625a9d18884e3a-
oracleasm-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.x86_64.rpmb760988b97351d0d59973ab63413480c-
oracleasm-2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.ELsmp-1.0.5-1.x86_64.rpmbd3ad219cbd55163fbdbd48419fe31ee-



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