ELSA-2007-0937

ELSA-2007-0937 - Important: kernel security update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2007-09-28

Description

[2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1]
- 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

[2.6.9-55.0.9]
- revert: all patches from 2.6.9-55.0.7

[2.6.9-55.0.8]
- fix x86_64 (+ xen) syscall vulnerability (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [297851]
{CVE-2007-4573}

[2.6.9-55.0.7]
- fix autofs problem with symbolic links (Ian Kent) [248126]
- fix privilege escalation via PR_SET_PDEATHSIG (Peter Zijlstra)
[252306] {CVE-2007-3848}
- fix bound check ordering issue in random driver (Vitaly Mayatskikh)
[275941] {CVE-2007-3105}
- fix memory leak of dma_alloc_coherent() on x86_64 (Prarit Bhargava)
[282351]
- makes CIFS honour a process' umask (Jeff Layton) [293121] {CVE-2007-3740}
- fix signing mount options and error handling for CIFS (Jeff Layton)
[293141] {CVE-2007-3843}

Related CVEs

CVE-2007-4573

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 4 (i386)	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.src.rpm	6aac330cd6261eb2530fb95b2a069d2e	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.src.rpm	0eccf5cd207f70d76bd0f41289eed706	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm	dc1c8a47b488695c6a2c9a3e05978953	-
	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	087198fe33c9c2d86d116f888aaaebc4	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	2c254132e8bb2686a538ea9f5389bc9e	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm	d6aa5d3e71455efef0beea1157e2c151	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	93c0c9dd5ec492e8fc1f44f504f2603a	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	d90b762ecc6fa091d87b443f5a38db95	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	21f8288d5c763e3aad099fe907f875a3	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	1e045430c116d6966e9a8751b274c4ed	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	feafd95357b40adef5c4640f42ced394	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	fb3bf1a2418492abbdff6c27df25c980	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.i686.rpm	212855a4a25350d566c03e4eeb780cd6	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.ELhugemem-1.2.5-6.i686.rpm	d5ae463e538f14f616f23551f1faeba0	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.5-6.i686.rpm	ab3ec8c8b3df3f44a00458de47806064	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm	b4b4f83a0eca1763d9e993445aa035a6	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.ELhugemem-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm	4db343c9bc17afa326147de121cda315	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm	1ae25d5282be55a56c1e2faa79963e7c	-
Oracle Linux 4 (x86_64)	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.src.rpm	6aac330cd6261eb2530fb95b2a069d2e	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.src.rpm	0eccf5cd207f70d76bd0f41289eed706	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm	dc1c8a47b488695c6a2c9a3e05978953	-
	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	e2a340fc18588a2813a6f14aee4570eb	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	b4ab3e862f5074d38230b9739cf9f0d6	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm	d6aa5d3e71455efef0beea1157e2c151	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	196fb12caf46365369be021563c700ba	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	b890a2483a3cf6b23cb19eb12a921466	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	e2ab8013a23753ccbbb3790029bdb684	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	35c1a2901ecb750725682428e0b9137b	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.x86_64.rpm	17656a92fb82983bf35abb20070978e0	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.ELlargesmp-1.2.5-6.x86_64.rpm	5b2b75f61299e4fd4c24ec9438b6b484	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.5-6.x86_64.rpm	00505027f7590e36b9cf1d77709c1ab9	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm	21409c6b2c613016ac05adf256a60942	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.ELlargesmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm	8493b54057b68bff0d5df74fa5759fdc	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.9.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm	322515d19b0ca8aa3747dafdfb37961d	-

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