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ELSA-2008-0237

ELSA-2008-0237 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:SECURITY
Severity:IMPORTANT
Release Date:2008-05-07

Description



[2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL]
- fix skb alignment that was causing sendto() to fail with EFAULT (Olaf Kirch) [orabug 6845794]
- fix entropy flag in bnx2 driver to generate entropy pool (John Sobecki) [orabug 5931647]
- 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]
- remove patch sysrq-b that queues upto keventd thread [orabug 6125546]
- allow more than 4GB hugepage for single user (Herbert van den Bergh) [orabug 6002738]
- netrx/netpoll race avoidance (Tina Yang) [orabug 6143381]

[2.6.9-67.0.15]
-fix kabi breakage in 67.0.14

[2.6.9-67.0.14]
-fs: serialize file access for dnotify (Alexander Viro) [443437] {CVE-2008-1669}
-update: fix race condition in dnotify (Alexander Viro) [439756] {CVE-2008-1375}

[2.6.9-67.0.13]
-Revert: Add HP DL580 G5 to bfsort whitelist (Tony Camuso) [437976]

[2.6.9-67.0.12]
-fs: fix race condition in dnotify (Alexander Viro) [439756] {CVE-2008-1375}

[2.6.9-67.0.11]
-nfs: High vm pagecache reclaim latency on systems with large highmem to lowmem ratio fix (Larry Woodman) [438345]
-nfs: Fix nfs read performance regression. Introduce a new tunable (Larry Woodman) [438477]
-Retry: check to see if agp is valid before reporting aperture size warnings (Brian Maly) [392771 431897]
-Ensure IV is in linear part of the skb to avoid BUG due to OOB access (Thomas Graf) [427245] {CVE-2007-6282}
-fix unprivileged crash on x86_64 cs corruption (Jarod Wilson) [439786] {CVE-2008-1615}

[2.6.9-67.0.10]
-update: do not return zero in mmap (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [400811]
-neofb: avoid overwriting fb_info fields (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [430251]
-[NET] link_watch: always schedule urgent events (Don Dutile) [436102]
-nlm: fix a client side race on blocking locks (Jeff Layton) [436129]
-nlm: cleanup for blocked locks (Jeff Layton) [436129]
-Add HP DL580 G5 to bfsort whitelist (Tony Camuso) [437976]
-nfs: Discard pagecache data for dirs on denty_iput (Jeff Layton) [437788]

[2.6.9-67.0.9]
-[NET] link_watch: handle jiffies wraparound (Vince Worthington) [436749]
-libata: un-blacklist hitachi drives to enable NCQ (David Milburn) [436499]
-libata: sata_nv may send commands with duplicate tags (David Milburn) [436499]

[2.6.9-67.0.8]
-Insufficient range checks in fault handlers with mremap (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [428968] {CVE-2008-0007}
-[MOXA] buffer overflow in moxa driver (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [423131] {CVE-2005-0504}
-Fix unix stream socket recv race condition (Hideo AOKI) [435122]


Related CVEs


CVE-2007-6282
CVE-2008-0007
CVE-2008-1375
CVE-2008-1615
CVE-2008-1669
CVE-2005-0504

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenameMD5sumSuperseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 4 (i386) kernel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.src.rpmff1623f048ae728104716231ae1fd9bfELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-1.2.8-2.el4.src.rpm76ac418e04afbd8b13c1d97f9af9b1b8ELBA-2008-2004
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm869cd3f83fcc52a4db55c054aa316211-
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.i686.rpmdb59ea0ba05abcb3c7a4a435e8509cb5ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.i686.rpm2e7019e1e83c6f13b3181aaef7197806ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.noarch.rpmc79400f66fea71095718331e94629a3eELBA-2011-1796
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.i686.rpm37b1d7cf74c1c19811b43380de3b1f4bELBA-2011-1796
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.i686.rpm03e442843be37827654dd170eafd7ae5ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.i686.rpma7e71a0c223145a313551289728acacbELBA-2011-1796
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.i686.rpm7dcafeeccec7b015f73abab80f38b2e3ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.i686.rpm3ca4c351376d9f999a452749cccd36e4ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.i686.rpm92f62a0ed3239190270e84fb32f1cdc7ELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-1.2.8-2.el4.i686.rpmbeb531fdc13ff41e88bdc285b8abad9bELBA-2008-2004
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELhugemem-1.2.8-2.el4.i686.rpm8d0cb73545c54d49c9c9cc2096ee3f41ELBA-2008-2004
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.8-2.el4.i686.rpm3bd61c37e7810dab6ec766aeef7c0e94ELBA-2008-2004
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELxenU-1.2.8-2.el4.i686.rpm9dbce81ea46eefe8d7c9f45b4e127993ELBA-2008-2004
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm07e512a3c3dc7a177f66c2f47946d49e-
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELhugemem-2.0.3-2.i686.rpmf5e0af2fe7c85a0a8a5bb1c3aee0660f-
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm2ffeb6de33cb9996ab8d2a4e5b88a595-
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELxenU-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm44f64f27e8b973ac4a5042f185f9e449-
Oracle Linux 4 (ia64) kernel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.src.rpmff1623f048ae728104716231ae1fd9bfELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-1.2.8-2.el4.src.rpm76ac418e04afbd8b13c1d97f9af9b1b8ELBA-2008-2004
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm869cd3f83fcc52a4db55c054aa316211-
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm78d818a31e431547a1122cfecc72eba6ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm687fd4e2688a7fd424d06eaff777718cELBA-2011-1796
kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.noarch.rpmc79400f66fea71095718331e94629a3eELBA-2011-1796
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm81d29520485901210c21e2fcc0d19ceeELBA-2011-1796
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm8366fa7a5975e29d6b53dcb30bd02ba3ELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-1.2.8-2.el4.ia64.rpm0a12fe163a7f322c5d19d8a553dc35f1ELBA-2008-2004
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELlargesmp-1.2.8-2.el4.ia64.rpmcb52117444274ebbbf424db377ab0739ELBA-2008-2004
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.ia64.rpm0219321b9e63403ecab0846ea53765b5-
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELlargesmp-2.0.3-2.ia64.rpm54d18108ffaf2df370f5a38078c275d7-
Oracle Linux 4 (x86_64) kernel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.src.rpmff1623f048ae728104716231ae1fd9bfELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-1.2.8-2.el4.src.rpm76ac418e04afbd8b13c1d97f9af9b1b8ELBA-2008-2004
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm869cd3f83fcc52a4db55c054aa316211-
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm4094404d3cb92c7ae98af84062c5aebeELBA-2011-1796
kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm479231f6fc11589fe1e373081b9b1483ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.noarch.rpmc79400f66fea71095718331e94629a3eELBA-2011-1796
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm736d38d49db0f1c5699d051c6b167fd9ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm5ca7b6222d295b3bc740805a1296f361ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm9df829c1454042c5641b542e71d3a753ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm1f2635ddaf69b20a0789054dd165355dELBA-2011-1796
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm0183d0483be26290cb4e6d5ad785eabdELBA-2011-1796
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm21cf97ec72eee214877a30bccd59e96bELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-1.2.8-2.el4.x86_64.rpmb83513bdb85562ea5992f3fe3bccf7c1ELBA-2008-2004
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELlargesmp-1.2.8-2.el4.x86_64.rpm49c088ad7aa0e23eac8987845cb4b8d5ELBA-2008-2004
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.8-2.el4.x86_64.rpmc3e642cddfddd57dfc5970d3195fdd66ELBA-2008-2004
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELxenU-1.2.8-2.el4.x86_64.rpm1a2374e05b127707fe469f9fd1d64af5ELBA-2008-2004
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpme7673533960bb94f0f77901852afc076-
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELlargesmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm7626f82bbabb4b1e5438fadce1c91a63-
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm382e1706397e927d887600c2ec342de5-
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.ELxenU-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpmd50b90cedba367cef7748c1d3b1b38c8-



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