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ELSA-2011-0429

ELSA-2011-0429 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:SECURITY
Severity:IMPORTANT
Release Date:2011-04-13

Description



[2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.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)

[2.6.18-238.9.1.el5]
- [md] dm-mpath: fix NULL deref when path parameter missing (Mike Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: wait for pg_init completion on suspend (Mike Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: hold io until all pg_inits completed (Mike Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: skip activate_path for failed paths (Mike Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: pass struct pgpath to pg init done (Mike Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: prevent io from work queue while suspended (Mike Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: add mutex to sync adding and flushing work (Mike Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: flush workqueues before suspend completes (Mike Snitzer) [683443 673058]

[2.6.18-238.8.1.el5]
- [message] mptfusion: fix msgContext in mptctl_hp_hostinfo (Tomas Henzl) [684128 646513]
- [fs] nfs: fix use of slab alloc'd pages in skb frag list (Neil Horman) [682642 682643] {CVE-2011-1090}
- [s390] remove task_show_regs (Danny Feng) [677852 677853] {CVE-2011-0710}
- [misc] vdso: export wall_to_monotonic (Prarit Bhargava) [688312 675727]
- [x86_64] Use u32, not long, to set reset vector back to 0 (Don Zickus) [682673 675258]
- [misc] vmware: increase apic_calibration_diff to 10000 (Prarit Bhargava) [680350 665197]

[2.6.18-238.7.1.el5]
- [fs] partitions: Validate map_count in Mac part tables (Danny Feng) [679283 679284] {CVE-2011-1010}
- [x86] fix AMD family 0x15 guest boot issue on 64-bit host (Frank Arnold) [679747 667234]
- [sound] alsa: cache mixer values on usb-audio devices (Don Zickus) [680043 678074]
- [media] dvb: fix av7110 negative array offset (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [672401 672402] {CVE-2011-0521}
- [message] mptfusion: add required mptctl_release call (Tomas Henzl) [677173 660871]
- [fs] nfs: pure nfs client performance using odirect (Jeff Layton) [677172 643441]
- [mm] fix install_special_mapping skips security_file_mmap (Frantisek Hrbata) [662196 662197] {CVE-2010-4346}
- [scsi] device_handler: fix alua_rtpg port group id check (Mike Snitzer) [681795 669961]
- [net] cnic: fix big endian bug with device page tables (Steve Best) [674774 669527]
- [net] gro: reset dev pointer on reuse (Andy Gospodarek) [674588 600350]
- [misc] add ignore_loglevel kernel parameter (Amerigo Wang) [675665 662102]
- [misc] add bootmem_debug kernel parameter (Amerigo Wang) [675665 662102]
- [fs] gfs2: remove iopen glocks from cache on delete fail (Benjamin Marzinski) [675909 666080]

[2.6.18-238.6.1.el5]
- [net] bonding: convert netpoll tx blocking to a counter (Neil Horman) [675664 659594]


Related CVEs


CVE-2010-4346
CVE-2011-0521
CVE-2011-0710
CVE-2011-1010
CVE-2011-1090
CVE-2011-1478

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenameMD5sumSuperseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 5 (i386) kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.src.rpmcf14e09f651dc22bc23b2dec403ff926ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.src.rpm1badea02fd6a002de25b13812a5e29a4-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpm3258a0c7195be430b53a49dfa6d4f92f-
kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpma74be733553aa14c74bd55b29118df0dELSA-2019-4732
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmbf9f11489adf45c1c5a7ceeabda80f98ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmcb563768d135f0513e650ddc1a1a66abELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm7611e7a1b534783abe9faa4ba119b1ffELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm706ff027c817231fb01a9029de1926f7ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmb4fa05828bc9c04a138bf7a83d8f5a0dELSA-2019-4732
kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpmeb085bf63033d400de41adbe2d1b36c7ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i386.rpma7c377faab8483affc05889bcd04ffd1ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm4d6610c1f1f3e06704fee678e83641faELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm337d273f80c9e1ae203ea461f6410051ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpm045318826b97c225c9b40995b4865117-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5PAE-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpmaa1dfac584c6fbe3907c6c8ac086d4c8-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpm0c9a4efaa033beff78ac445ebcb2273e-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpmbff3b08ffade41c234ed2ed79febea9a-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm14172fcf5bbb08a3a5f7a862f8a26b14-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpmab0ccc5862ca19a7c152e9af09d772d3-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm9570142d1dec2504688bcad9e7c89568-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm85c268c9f67724b159af94caaf579a92-
Oracle Linux 5 (x86_64) kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.src.rpmcf14e09f651dc22bc23b2dec403ff926ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.src.rpm1badea02fd6a002de25b13812a5e29a4-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpm3258a0c7195be430b53a49dfa6d4f92f-
kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm4ac5e2b853d66ad3b6d18b58ef133be4ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm6102f174f7685aa81ba68d7e33c4b349ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmcf5a20e401a81eea25de66cce1efb25bELSA-2019-4732
kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm0a80c01ae4951543b62a6571da7d64e8ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpmeb085bf63033d400de41adbe2d1b36c7ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmd3ed34cec076cd00d1b61e5de6101176ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm567a895b62039811901dd6c64883d29cELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm7c04e2de52a36779f66616abfbe071fbELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm70858040bcbacd17645c8c0ca1ae9242-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpmbc48baf5c0f1998526022ecce76532ef-
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm9b6173bf343f4658d36de43b6b8deaaa-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpme78134591a0461950994dd75b385a96a-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm628c7cc3ea60b92c322283319b715ef1-
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpma6b98f0b8de4f832284a2f270747a7e8-



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