ELSA-2007-0488

ELSA-2007-0488 - Important: kernel security update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2007-06-26

Description

[2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1]
- fix entropy flag in bnx2 driver to generate entropy pool (John
Sobecki) [orabug 5931647]
- fix for nfs open call taking longer issue (Chuck Lever) orabug 5580407
bz [219412]
- fix enomem due to larger mtu size page alloc (Zach Brown) orabug 5486128
- fix per_cpu() api bug_on with rds (Zach Brown) orabug 5760648
- limit nr_requests in cfq io scheduler ( Jens Axboe) bz 234278 orabug
5899829

[2.6.9-55.0.2]
-cciss: fix size calculation in diskdump (Bryn Reeves) [243902]

[2.6.9-55.0.1]
-fix kernel spinlock panic in nfs/inode.c (Peter Staubach) [240855]
-fix core-dumping unreadable binaries via PT_INTERP (Eric Sandeen)
[243256] {CVE-2007-0958}
-nlm: when reclaiming locks, skip non-posix locks (Jeff Layton) [243251]
{CVE-2006-5158}
-add missing fput() in a 32-bit ioctl on 64-bit x86 systems (Jeff Burke)
[243252] {CVE-2007-0773}
-prevent oops in compat_sys_mount with NULL data pointer (Jeff Layton)
[243263] {CVE-2006-7203}
-fix 32bit-compat rt_sigtimedwait (Guy Streeter) [240458]
-nfs: fix repeated NFS mount failures lead to kernel panic (Peter
Staubach) [240851]
-safely store sysfs inode nrs in the sysfs dirent (Eric Sandeen) [242558]
-protect sysfs ->s_dentry w/ locking (Eric Sandeen) [242558]
-fix nr_unused accounting (Eric Sandeen) [241784]
-fix bluetooth setsockopt() information leaks (Don Howard) [243259]
{CVE-2007-1353}
-fix DoS in PPPOE (Neil Horman) [243262] {CVE-2007-2525}
-fix out of bounds fib_probs access vulnerability (Neil Horman) [243261]
{CVE-2007-2172}
-ip_conntrack_sctp: fix remotely triggerable NULL ptr dereference (Don
Howard) [243746] {CVE-2007-2876

Related CVEs

CVE-2006-7203

CVE-2007-0958

CVE-2007-1353

CVE-2007-2172

CVE-2007-2525

CVE-2007-2876

CVE-2007-3104

CVE-2006-5158

CVE-2007-0773

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 4 (i386)	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.src.rpm	208e57b6c70cc4105e93a1beda64a253	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL-1.2.5-1.src.rpm	f5a12c38c471c59aa7eff0de340faa29	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm	26cc6309aa3e127c3a704197f19c898d	-
	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	cb82f8858147eb8e7cbc536e498075e7	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	f7a229788bdb1e693cc6e96d283f07e0	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm	f6cac3ed0c5110c92c8c77b99924c8da	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	1c1cc3e5de6d3b4634523ec07487f172	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	cc9caf538e4177f7d6d1ffaa1626b3c7	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL-1.2.5-1.i686.rpm	9d7232617a563af640ad7838307b645a	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.ELhugemem-1.2.5-1.i686.rpm	e6c6bf93cea4c7cc92918464cd1c63af	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.5-1.i686.rpm	d00be2e2dc833ec7c5d04ff3bb4195d3	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm	53e6e2d66fca34ea85a911a1362affae	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.ELhugemem-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm	e90c6ff25e87d37cabe21cbaba572675	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm	81227a56da563345b27e57d531a9ea35	-
Oracle Linux 4 (x86_64)	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.src.rpm	208e57b6c70cc4105e93a1beda64a253	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL-1.2.5-1.src.rpm	f5a12c38c471c59aa7eff0de340faa29	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm	26cc6309aa3e127c3a704197f19c898d	-
	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	d3361d8c01faf5e665ba232f51eb126c	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	ee5d654105e19c80d176a436e65f68ea	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm	f6cac3ed0c5110c92c8c77b99924c8da	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL-1.2.5-1.x86_64.rpm	8657ca0f55784eacef89db2a16282600	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.ELlargesmp-1.2.5-1.x86_64.rpm	4280fd2498526cb1e51f824d7c53ac62	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.5-1.x86_64.rpm	0353b55cd36bc69ab5dc0875d4731f9b	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm	840d56945f6726e64592f35f12f24690	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.ELlargesmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm	72868318144f449b01068dbb9664e024	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.2.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm	4b138deb19e3a841d232f43ffa6ceffe	-

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