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ELSA-2007-0939

ELSA-2007-0939 - Important: kernel security update

Type:SECURITY
Impact:IMPORTANT
Release Date:2007-11-02

Description


[2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1]
- 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

[2.6.9-55.0.12]
- update: deadlock from recursive call through netpoll_send_skb (Neil
Horman) [328351]
- fix machine check errors with Clovertown G0-step CPU (Geoff Gustafson)
[320791]
- fix disable block layer bouncing for most memory on 64bit systems (Jim
Paradis) [330111]

[2.6.9-55.0.11]
- fix denial of service with wedged processes (Vitaly Mayatskikh)
[302931] {CVE-2006-6921}
- fix stack growing into hugetlb reserved regions (Vitaly Mayatskikh)
[294971] {CVE-2007-3739}
- fix creating of RHEL4u5 guest domain on i686 RHEL-5.1 host (Chris
Lalancette) [251013]
- fix memory leak in __bio_map_user (Eric Sandeen) [328371]
- fix deadlock from recursive call through netpoll_send_skb (Neil
Horman) [328351]
- fix ALSA memory disclosure flaw (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [297741]
{CVE-2007-4571}
- fix missing ioctl() permission checks in aacraid driver (Vitaly
Mayatskikh) [298341] {CVE-2007-4308}
- fix VFAT compat ioctls DoS on 64-bit (Eric Sandeen) [253316]
{CVE-2007-2878}

[2.6.9-55.0.10]
- fix: automounter hangs with rapid access to the same mount point when
the system is under high load (Ian Kent) [309781]
- restored: all patches from 2.6.9-55.0.7


Related CVEs


CVE-2006-6921
CVE-2007-3848
CVE-2007-4308
CVE-2007-3739
CVE-2007-3843
CVE-2007-3740
CVE-2007-2878
CVE-2007-3105
CVE-2007-4571

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenamesha256Superseded By AdvisoryChannel Label
Oracle Linux 4 (i386) kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.src.rpmbd263eca9e4fb14818a3c8c72abe3d0a76409f9170ba2a865aabd415ba676fdeELBA-2011-1796el4_i386_latest
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.src.rpmbd263eca9e4fb14818a3c8c72abe3d0a76409f9170ba2a865aabd415ba676fdeELBA-2011-1796el4_u5_i386_patch
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.src.rpme681a753c11e3f8d3319d5bd14a8eb3f0f180dc9f36325c686aead9380bcc04dELBA-2008-2004el4_i386_latest
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.src.rpme681a753c11e3f8d3319d5bd14a8eb3f0f180dc9f36325c686aead9380bcc04dELBA-2008-2004el4_u5_i386_patch
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpmea6d83e21aef5a89e486219a3263c271dd344ae30809d3d3b068229b20a8782a-el4_i386_latest
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpmea6d83e21aef5a89e486219a3263c271dd344ae30809d3d3b068229b20a8782a-el4_u5_i386_patch
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm27f285e242d26eb86cf6ade508a8f4d598357b4b180ec605111c77f15c3708deELBA-2011-1796el4_i386_latest
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm27f285e242d26eb86cf6ade508a8f4d598357b4b180ec605111c77f15c3708deELBA-2011-1796el4_u5_i386_patch
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpmc1429972724669468c919448eb6076bed6d7e51be9c1694dc8facaac52a6784dELBA-2011-1796el4_i386_latest
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpmc1429972724669468c919448eb6076bed6d7e51be9c1694dc8facaac52a6784dELBA-2011-1796el4_u5_i386_patch
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm4ecf5acb5355a60ad4b7ee31992e13b5d786479e7a7ac491ab5fdd49a8669a80ELBA-2011-1796el4_i386_latest
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm4ecf5acb5355a60ad4b7ee31992e13b5d786479e7a7ac491ab5fdd49a8669a80ELBA-2011-1796el4_u5_i386_patch
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm19859ffd95a1dc488a0fb82719967998f9902b0770faeecf53bd56f47d3109d7ELBA-2011-1796el4_i386_latest
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