ELSA-2007-0939

ELSA-2007-0939 - Important: kernel security update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	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-2007-2878

CVE-2007-3105

CVE-2007-3739

CVE-2007-3740

CVE-2007-3843

CVE-2007-3848

CVE-2007-4308

CVE-2007-4571

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 4 (i386)	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.src.rpm	67627bb3b8edbdf328e438559eb39871	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.src.rpm	48dc32797f56a5e83ed6f8eb0be7d405	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm	910b6968b784beb2c2f969ca88d94f8a	-
	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	699b918b998b3bd72d0d9194d2c73b25	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	07a853e0f11d62383d6ec1ca030ed2f3	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm	7c7f3dba11c7513e2a1e9777d71266f3	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	584176238f66e55a157b874254fd2a37	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	a7b4a1f38ceed7fd29b7756e74799eed	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	ed53614607fe28988fca58d29a24ee34	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	8687c20857ed176a1d784ac8940f271e	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	c86354f2ce4b69d37856b2463304dbc7	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.i686.rpm	650333033198f57f13923d17997827a9	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.i686.rpm	2c339cf94711125aca37365b664590d3	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.ELhugemem-1.2.5-6.i686.rpm	2256bf0811ff0bb77534be8d41b638b8	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.5-6.i686.rpm	fce0882a5c899b0ae5b994fe3a7ce02c	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm	48a2d8f1d3761cf832e27c5997a2de5f	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.ELhugemem-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm	5bd4bb8bd3f7212fdfe9dede4dca336d	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm	75006f5db252f575e9c84795a9799c88	-
Oracle Linux 4 (x86_64)	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.src.rpm	67627bb3b8edbdf328e438559eb39871	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.src.rpm	48dc32797f56a5e83ed6f8eb0be7d405	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm	910b6968b784beb2c2f969ca88d94f8a	-
	kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	65e5c561b21da795a67c1e9238516836	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	6da191cd01837e6d79376e7c1b6b81af	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm	7c7f3dba11c7513e2a1e9777d71266f3	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	35c36da2de74f1b3c0c2809886891955	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	ced3d179b38c1d627ab2c06b2f88cc0f	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	ff958508a4f54995c8610066eb3f9d76	ELBA-2011-1796
	kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm	10b423159e103141c06c5a617daf02ff	ELBA-2011-1796
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.x86_64.rpm	3e7c70c6d3c9ba7e089fd2d0d28227d2	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.ELlargesmp-1.2.5-6.x86_64.rpm	e46d5a38471d179691c01f7754d22344	ELBA-2008-2004
	ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.5-6.x86_64.rpm	8edc95215ccb8a44d622268400a1c83e	ELBA-2008-2004
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm	3f1636125abd616b73a57d4b37924a95	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.ELlargesmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm	dfbf8fa7d64994e423fe8698cab922c1	-
	oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm	559ffdeced214f9013f123b721869b21	-

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