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ELSA-2009-1223

ELSA-2009-1223 - kernel security update

Type:SECURITY
Severity:IMPORTANT
Release Date:2009-08-24

Description



[2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL]
- fix skb alignment that was causing sendto() to fail with EFAULT (Olaf Kirch)
[orabug 6845794]
fix enomem due to larger mtu size page alloc (Zach Brown) [orabug 5486128]
- backout patch sysrq-b that queues upto keventd thread (Guru Anbalagane)
[orabug 6125546]
- netrx/netpoll race avoidance (Tina Yang) [orabug 6143381]
- [XEN] Fix elf_core_dump (Tina Yang) [orabug 6995928]
- use lfence instead of cpuid instruction to implement memory barriers
(Herbert van den Bergh) [orabug 7452412]
- add netpoll support to xen netfront (Tina Yang) [orabz 7261]
- [xen] execshield: fix endless GPF fault loop (Stephen Tweedie) [orabug 7175395]
- [xen]: port el5u2 patch that allows 64-bit PVHVM guest to boot with 32-bit
dom0 [orabug 7452107] xenstore
- [mm] update shrink_zone patch to allow 100% swap utilization (John Sobecki,
Chris Mason, Chuck Anderson, Dave McCracken) [orabug 7566319,6086839]
- [kernel] backport report_lost_ticks patch from EL5.2 (John Sobecki)
[orabug 6110605]
- [xen] fix for hung JVM thread after #GPF [orabug 7916406] (Chuck Anderson)
- port EL5U3 patch to adjust totalhigh_pages in the balloon driver [orabug 8300888]
- check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change (Chuck Anderson) [orabug7556514]
- [XEN] use hypercall to fixmap pte updates (Mukesh Rathor) [orabug 8433329]
- [XEN] Extend physical mask to 40bit for machine above 64G [orabug 8312526]

[2.6.9-89.0.9]
-net: prevent null pointer dereference in udp_sendmsg (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [518041 518042] {CVE-2009-2698}

[2.6.9-89.0.8]
net: socket: make sock_sendpage() use kernel_sendpage() (Danny Feng) [516952 516953] {CVE-2009-2692}


Related CVEs


CVE-2009-2692
CVE-2009-2698

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenameMD5sumSuperseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 4 (i386) kernel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.src.rpm96477c638217d24962498c91e1293d92ELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.9-1.el4.src.rpm7bdd19df6f7f8dc85602f901fecd7487-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.5-1.el4.src.rpma32fb2af420321f55e1ba97bbad170d5-
kernel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm4c109291b0856b66ed0f0da799bc9daaELBA-2011-1796
kernel-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm26a6914f139871695f4e57b94b83434bELBA-2011-1796
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.noarch.rpmfa5cb2c481b07618152fd2d5c07a8684ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm9edb4018cf180bdd1b6ea6a824e301f5ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpme4f2ce8ba94bbf987481aa085585a68fELBA-2011-1796
kernel-smp-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm1a1107f4eeddf34af2420cbeafcd4778ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpme66e573152d08d9be04304cd42e88545ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm090df0e9ec4639efb25a33b41e6f0bb0ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.i686.rpm0bbda754a87d45f9291d101367338876ELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.9-1.el4.i686.rpm31ab8e2c5cf5c4bb4aea82ac4dabfde0-
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELhugemem-1.2.9-1.el4.i686.rpm99c12b5f3c83681909d386161ec9e852-
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.9-1.el4.i686.rpmc6dcb41c81587c7a2d4e7e508df5d8f5-
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELxenU-1.2.9-1.el4.i686.rpm858a18884b122925416cadc6252a23f3-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.5-1.el4.i686.rpm058df356368aaab599727f9f5e4f4db5-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELhugemem-2.0.5-1.el4.i686.rpm26531f2b8dc5ed178ef38f30f1703a62-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.5-1.el4.i686.rpm9ab3cb7a82d72a86f25026390038fcd1-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELxenU-2.0.5-1.el4.i686.rpm440bac7e31e02488b77b1d292c8b9c70-
Oracle Linux 4 (ia64) kernel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.src.rpm96477c638217d24962498c91e1293d92ELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.9-1.el4.src.rpm7bdd19df6f7f8dc85602f901fecd7487-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.5-1.el4.src.rpma32fb2af420321f55e1ba97bbad170d5-
kernel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm23a54acbc70d2f894bcd7584b6557946ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.ia64.rpmfcf1bfcd192aa266d1b31d7e0d51a26dELBA-2011-1796
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.noarch.rpmfa5cb2c481b07618152fd2d5c07a8684ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm1619dfaef4b6b051ab1942921b48d03dELBA-2011-1796
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.ia64.rpm5fee20b4aca53053517b63696eb208b3ELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm851ca49cfb9f603ff6abb95ab71b17d5-
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELlargesmp-1.2.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm434508e94ce4413b9d70db7cd875f3db-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.5-1.el4.ia64.rpm1c837845b3d079aff1b262e63d93e061-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELlargesmp-2.0.5-1.el4.ia64.rpmf1f05d6171d11d68d4765dba49760a5a-
Oracle Linux 4 (x86_64) kernel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.src.rpm96477c638217d24962498c91e1293d92ELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.9-1.el4.src.rpm7bdd19df6f7f8dc85602f901fecd7487-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.5-1.el4.src.rpma32fb2af420321f55e1ba97bbad170d5-
kernel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpme5101aee5961a769c1723dcc7cdbf7b1ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpmd764c4ab85fcb8c6f0b24ae5a1121341ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.noarch.rpmfa5cb2c481b07618152fd2d5c07a8684ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm3e0245d6e36668820c5101ee1e9ad513ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpmf4b2ed73ba6333905f333f11d5a27040ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-smp-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm93bc44781ae8f0f8bdabdf4119c65fe6ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpmd5b5ad7937425bc4242a09d16d7c79e4ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm4e0afe1fc19fa600cef9878fb628b8a9ELBA-2011-1796
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm6a80946c3c5a7308756e83176f7b5e54ELBA-2011-1796
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-1.2.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpmce68d0cd827fb7f9663b8655b9d5de73-
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELlargesmp-1.2.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm5251ba027b6f7710bf39dd5b30e003aa-
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm9facc8dd2f2bfa973ab117d610514a26-
ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELxenU-1.2.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpma7dc9f2f459fe3cfab7c411f3d9b19df-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL-2.0.5-1.el4.x86_64.rpme1f5c92de0ab68370961e8f4f3c0c0c3-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELlargesmp-2.0.5-1.el4.x86_64.rpmc8b49528aa32e0161e909bb8074f605b-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.5-1.el4.x86_64.rpm27860ae328276e5097e56963be547b95-
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.ELxenU-2.0.5-1.el4.x86_64.rpm0c41c137a30868deb4d743816d6459c2-



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