ELSA-2011-0163

ELSA-2011-0163 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:SECURITY
Severity:IMPORTANT
Release Date:2011-02-04

Description



[2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5]
- fix filp_close() race (Joe Jin) [orabug 10335998]
- fix missing aio_complete() in end_io (Joel Becker) [orabug 10365195]
- make xenkbd.abs_pointer=1 by default [orabug 67188919]
- [xen] check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change
(Chuck Anderson) [orabug 7556514]
- [net] Enable entropy for bnx2,bnx2x,e1000e,igb,ixgb,ixgbe,ixgbevf (John Sobecki)
[orabug 10315433]
- [NET] Add xen pv netconsole support (Tina Yang) [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258]
- [mm] shrink_zone patch (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [orabug 6086839]
- fix aacraid not to reset during kexec (Joe Jin) [orabug 8516042]
- [rds] Patch rds to 1.4.2-20 (Andy Grover) [orabug 9471572, 9344105]
RDS: Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet
ipoib: Fix lockup of the tx queue
RDS: Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off (Sherman Pun)
RDS: Properly unmap when getting a remote access error (Tina Yang)
RDS: Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to()
- [qla] fix qla not to query hccr (Guru Anbalagane) [Orabug 8746702]
- [nfs] too many getattr and access calls after direct I/O [orabug 9348191]
- [xen] PVHVM guest with PoD crashes under memory pressure (Chuck Anderson)
[orabug 9107465]
- [xen] PV guest with FC HBA hangs during shutdown (Chuck Anderson)
[orabug 9764220]
- Support 256GB+ memory for pv guest (Mukesh Rathor) [orabug 9450615]
- fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter for el5 (KOSAKI Motohiro,
Guru Anbalagane) [orabug 6124033]
- [ipmi] make configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug 9752208]
- [ib] fix memory corruption (Andy Grover) [orabug 9972346]
- [aio] patch removes limit on number of retries (Srinivas Eeda) [orabug 10044782]
- [loop] Do not call loop_unplug for not configured loop device (orabug 10314497)

[2.6.18-238.1.1.el5]
- [scsi] megaraid: give FW more time to recover from reset (Tomas Henzl) [667141 665427]
- [fs] gfs2: fix statfs error after gfs2_grow (Robert S Peterson) [666792 660661]
- [mm] prevent file lock corruption using popen(3) (Larry Woodman) [667050 664931]
- [net] sctp: fix panic from bad socket lock on icmp error (Neil Horman) [665476 665477] {CVE-2010-4526}


Related CVEs


CVE-2010-4526

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenameMD5sumSuperseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 5 (i386) kernel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.src.rpmd5baf2b09ed3429680053cb5d313ca50ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.src.rpma8e598e00dbe6e00aea50fd9462790c6-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpmfb456703eae54846b10b2566ec9d2722-
kernel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm7fa4361756c729b9984ed28a88ad358bELSA-2019-4732
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmbb377596f8c0d7f77b51d2941974a013ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm11d5f2d6df753c204ce199352170c54dELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmbe94685bca0d204cd3c01d140dc50383ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmca0008d6e4f484af8f658895ba63f4fdELSA-2019-4732
kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmc30343e1b17c381469e818a6aeb79df6ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm2e452fc33a69e12173c3a16d2c8e4c99ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.i386.rpm3da7907b8e1d92234c9a63dcaecceea4ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm789e5d8aa1029e1f9c46bc23e26ec073ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm5ff508e6c9c68cf79c774a21366b804eELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpmcdc50cb4b7a12ad7c211ab68f190ee9f-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5PAE-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpm82ac92f4185c3bf364a49e77dcd07867-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpm0391a353cc8f09129f55571080b90df0-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpmfa507098bae00d71003bfba3e7dbb4b9-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm07c381f80ead89574a4ae39093928e39-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm7b622d1a522732262d1d94e7c0ac6616-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm215c4dde7d085146dd6fe3c70e1c55e9-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpmdad20bbb2902fd90d533bf5ab71276ff-
Oracle Linux 5 (x86_64) kernel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.src.rpmd5baf2b09ed3429680053cb5d313ca50ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.src.rpma8e598e00dbe6e00aea50fd9462790c6-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpmfb456703eae54846b10b2566ec9d2722-
kernel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm6ce334df6ab1552c1f9d261049038e3eELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm014a06a62bb00f6da6cea51a92c22eb0ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm88888277b31ec0bf345da873c0b84b49ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmb0b6ca95ad21d7d8d360304b42abf472ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm2e452fc33a69e12173c3a16d2c8e4c99ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm24b0f407549d9aac2830c08712d9e543ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm097cb9ba22f1ade9e2bbf5d74d318ae9ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm771c956133cd809300465ca23e04c487ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpmeaff8b8b6db7d4b10db08cb86d0613d1-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpmdc9a48aa7f55607ab2c2c359a2eeadcd-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpmec63d2bf5dae2d5f8f12dbea061c28a0-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpmaf3fa23f35c23e93183fa1494381270c-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpme15539d82eb0ca2c6ef0da5f2525ca84-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.1.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm3e8b09618c146ba027fd45d7ac709c3f-



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