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ELSA-2011-0303

ELSA-2011-0303 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:SECURITY
Severity:MODERATE
Release Date:2011-03-02

Description



[2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5]
- [scsi] fix scsi hotplug and rescan race [orabug 10260172]
- fix filp_close() race (Joe Jin) [orabug 10335998]
- fix missing aio_complete() in end_io (Joel Becker) [orabug 10365195]
- make xenkbd.abs_pointer=1 by default [orabug 67188919]
- [xen] check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change
(Chuck Anderson) [orabug 7556514]
- [net] Enable entropy for bnx2,bnx2x,e1000e,igb,ixgb,ixgbe,ixgbevf (John Sobecki)
[orabug 10315433]
- [NET] Add xen pv netconsole support (Tina Yang) [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258]
- [mm] shrink_zone patch (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [orabug 6086839]
- fix aacraid not to reset during kexec (Joe Jin) [orabug 8516042]
- [rds] Patch rds to 1.4.2-20 (Andy Grover) [orabug 9471572, 9344105]
RDS: Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet
ipoib: Fix lockup of the tx queue
RDS: Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off (Sherman Pun)
RDS: Properly unmap when getting a remote access error (Tina Yang)
RDS: Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to()
- [qla] fix qla not to query hccr (Guru Anbalagane) [Orabug 8746702]
- [nfs] too many getattr and access calls after direct I/O [orabug 9348191]
- [xen] PVHVM guest with PoD crashes under memory pressure (Chuck Anderson)
[orabug 9107465]
- [xen] PV guest with FC HBA hangs during shutdown (Chuck Anderson)
[orabug 9764220]
- Support 256GB+ memory for pv guest (Mukesh Rathor) [orabug 9450615]
- fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter for el5 (KOSAKI Motohiro,
Guru Anbalagane) [orabug 6124033]
- [ipmi] make configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug 9752208]
- [ib] fix memory corruption (Andy Grover) [orabug 9972346]
- [aio] patch removes limit on number of retries (Srinivas Eeda) [orabug 10044782]
- [loop] Do not call loop_unplug for not configured loop device (orabug 10314497)

[2.6.18-238.5.1.el5]
- [x86_64] vdso: fix gtod via export of sysctl_vsyscall (Prarit Bhargava) [678613 673616]

[2.6.18-238.4.1.el5]
- [net] be2net: fix missing trans_start update (Ivan Vecera) [674273 671595]
- [net] fix unix socket local dos (Neil Horman) [656759 656760] {CVE-2010-4249}
- [net] core: clear allocs for privileged ethtool actions (Jiri Pirko) [672432 672433] {CVE-2010-4655}
- [net] limit socket backlog add operation to prevent DoS (Jiri Pirko) [657308 657309] {CVE-2010-4251}
- [block] fix accounting bug on cross partition merges (Jerome Marchand) [672253 646816]
- [char] virtio: Wake console outvq on host notifications (Amit Shah) [673983 673459]
- [char] virtio: make console port names a KOBJ_ADD event (Amit Shah) [673984 669909]

[2.6.18-238.3.1.el5]
- [net] tcp: fix shrinking windows with window scaling (Jiri Pirko) [669300 627496]
- [virt] xen: no enable extended PCI cfg space via IOports (Don Dutile) [671340 661478]
- [net] e1000: Avoid unhandled IRQ (Dean Nelson) [670807 651512]
- [net] e1000: fix screaming IRQ (Dean Nelson) [670807 651512]

[2.6.18-238.2.1.el5]
- [acpi] bus: check if list is empty before kfree()ing it (Matthew Garrett) [670797 670373]
- [net] ipv6: fragment local tunnel IPSec6 pkts if needed (Herbert Xu) [670824 661110]
- [block] cciss: fix null pointer problem in tur usage (Tomas Henzl) [668976 664592]


Related CVEs


CVE-2010-4249
CVE-2010-4251
CVE-2010-4655
CVE-2010-4805

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenameMD5sumSuperseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 5 (i386) kernel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.src.rpm2b45125be110f59ad4959acab3138345ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.src.rpmeb0d7ff818f49e2b42cc1a4e548bd70f-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpm737025dda8d51d6c81b8fe017998ce26-
kernel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmb4f603519defd3fd669f92ec45e5bfb7ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm0630f3dbef62df7907db4a9b90e178fbELSA-2019-4732
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm46d547cd2a677d25b9726b8d722c2c66ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm0de3ef64cd0fa38bbc84e5a5200309a3ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm6b681a321809a7400817a680e26530f3ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm101d54ded02903af24815a1ef56f3d49ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpmed51809e2d86f84a7546d4703497e20eELSA-2019-4732
kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.i386.rpmb8d7745a5513810f140149de2f580ba0ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm8e201cf4a9d121be7e49a2840ce228eaELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm476d075f2b06f7685301bbfaced0b93eELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpmf7001d655ea9e6d82e6d4fda8af2c6d8-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5PAE-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpma0c19411f174a7fd368b38948122391c-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpma9a379778fbf82486bd50a223188df8e-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpm422c4a1f74abbbffb820a73765581e7a-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm6c23648616ccb7e9fe573c4678602c87-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm5f3a1bcabd266ac711220c24d54f8d86-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm8a3f6158a8ed57f47b5fa10ff068d850-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpme99b3c14c4f0db318c961c23fc6f6c8a-
Oracle Linux 5 (x86_64) kernel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.src.rpm2b45125be110f59ad4959acab3138345ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.src.rpmeb0d7ff818f49e2b42cc1a4e548bd70f-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpm737025dda8d51d6c81b8fe017998ce26-
kernel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmf47279447a0903b609d163a44fb6f99aELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm0e689130d49b083549f07ef77139dcceELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm490b8c8da8dc9fe0820c7771a0e914f7ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmcc288b1b8dc0be5f8395d5bbc87bf9a2ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpmed51809e2d86f84a7546d4703497e20eELSA-2019-4732
kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm59ac6c9dbd827ed8cb035b1ed4e7f88fELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmb9a42f9104af2ef8678225174e3c7e2eELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm9c6b13cc703517d6419c051979729a36ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm6aae0cea248575c8ce77f98b81c4da80-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm3d7d04201daa4a6dd88208050d0c46a0-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm7fd5570da8cd183e7e3ebacc1832058c-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpme0cca477a0960f6efc9893bfa37b6641-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm4ff91b67ba22ae39634ac9425878a185-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm664fcad98cf569bb8125751abcae5f43-



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