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ELSA-2011-1479

ELSA-2011-1479 - kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:SECURITY
Severity:IMPORTANT
Release Date:2011-11-29

Description


kernel
[2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5]
- fix ia64 build error due to add-support-above-32-vcpus.patch(Zhenzhong Duan)
- [x86] use dynamic vcpu_info remap to support more than 32 vcpus (Zhenzhong Duan)
- [scsi] add additional scsi medium error handling (John Sobecki) [orabug 12904887]
- [x86] Fix lvt0 reset when hvm boot up with noapic param
- [scsi] remove printk's when doing I/O to a dead device (John Sobecki, Chris Mason)
[orabug 12342275]
- [char] ipmi: Fix IPMI errors due to timing problems (Joe Jin) [orabug 12561346]
- [scsi] Fix race when removing SCSI devices (Joe Jin) [orabug 12404566]
- bonding: reread information about speed and duplex when interface goes up (John Haxby) [orabug 11890822]
- [fs] nfs: Fix __put_nfs_open_context() NULL pointer panic (Joe Jin) [orabug 12687646]
- [scsi] fix scsi hotplug and rescan race [orabug 10260172]
- fix filp_close() race (Joe Jin) [orabug 10335998]
- 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()
- [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)

[2.6.18-274.12.1.el5]
- Revert: [virt] kvm: fix lost tick accounting for 32 bit kvm-clock (Rik van Riel) [747875 731599]

[2.6.18-274.11.1.el5]
- [fs] gfs2: speed up large file delete/unlink (Robert S Peterson) [743806 738440]
- [fs] cifs: fix wrong buffer length returned by SendReceive (Sachin Prabhu) [750842 720363]
- [virt] kvm: fix lost tick accounting for 32 bit kvm-clock (Rik van Riel) [747875 731599]
- [virt] xen/netback: disable features not supported by netfront (Paolo Bonzini) [746600 746225]
- [fs] nfs: don't redirty inodes with no outstanding commits (Jeff Layton) [750477 739665]
- [net] tg3: call netif_carrier_off to initialize operstate value (John Feeney) [744700 635982]
- [xen] make test_assign_device domctl dependent on intremap hw (Laszlo Ersek) [745726 740203]
- [xen] Propagate target dom within XEN_DOMCTL_test_assign_device (Laszlo Ersek) [745726 740203]
- [net] sctp: encode PROTOCOL VIOLATION error cause correctly (Thomas Graf) [750457 636828]
- [fs] cifs: always do is_path_accessible check in cifs_mount (Jeff Layton) [738299 738300] {CVE-2011-3363}
- [fs] cifs: add fallback in is_path_accessible for old servers (Jeff Layton) [738299 738300] {CVE-2011-3363}
- [char] tpm: Zero buffer after copying to userspace (Jiri Benc) [732630 732631] {CVE-2011-1162}
- [fs] hfs: fix hfs_find_init() sb->ext_tree NULL ptr oops (Phillip Lougher) [712775 712776] {CVE-2011-2203}
- [net] sctp: Set correct error cause value for missing parameters (Thomas Graf) [750451 629938]
- [misc] kernel: plug taskstats io infoleak (Jerome Marchand) [716845 716846] {CVE-2011-2494}
- [usb] Make device reset stop retrying after disconnect (Don Zickus) [750841 709699]
- [net] ipv6: properly use ICMP6MSGOUT_INC_STATS in ndisc_send_skb (Jiri Pirko) [743611 698728]
- [scsi] Reduce error recovery time by reducing use of TURs (Mike Christie) [741273 694625]
- [mm] s390: fix first time swap use results in heavy swapping (Hendrik Brueckner) [747876 722482]
- [virt] xen: fix GFP mask handling in dma_alloc_coherent (Laszlo Ersek) [742282 730247]
- [s390] kernel: fix system hang if hangcheck timer expires (Hendrik Brueckner) [747872 730313]
- [usb] fix interface sysfs file-creation bug (Don Zickus) [750848 637930]
- [usb] don't touch sysfs stuff when altsetting is unchanged (Don Zickus) [750848 637930]
- [base] Fix potential deadlock in driver core (Don Zickus) [750848 637930]
- [security] keys: Fix NULL deref in user-defined key type (David Howells) [751300 751301]
- [xen] passthrough: block VT-d MSI trap injection (Paolo Bonzini) [716301 716302] {CVE-2011-1898}

[2.6.18-274.10.1.el5]
- [net] be2net: enable NETIF_F_LLTX and add own locking of Tx path (Ivan Vecera) [750912 731806]
- [net] be2net: fix multicast filter programming (Ivan Vecera) [750912 731806]
- [net] be2net: fix cmd-rx-filter not notifying MCC (Ivan Vecera) [750912 731806]
- [net] be2net: use RX_FILTER cmd to program multicast addresses (Ivan Vecera) [750912 731806]

[2.6.18-274.9.1.el5]
- [fs] nfs: re-add call to filemap_fdatawrite (David Jeffery) [750508 748999]

[2.6.18-274.8.1.el5]
- [fs] nfs: Don't call iput holding nfs_access_cache_shrinker lock (Steve Dickson) [749459 585935]


Related CVEs


CVE-2011-1162
CVE-2011-1898
CVE-2011-2203
CVE-2011-2494
CVE-2011-3363
CVE-2011-4110

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenameMD5sumSuperseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 5 (i386) kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.src.rpmf259cd7cd4427e8eed5572eb670e06a2ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-1.4.9-1.el5.src.rpmbdeac7aa56e429adaf1603b0ac4b7b1e-
oracleasm-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpm6198b97f6fcdcb64562332b557b6b0b8-
kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm2beccfc2e96daad0b284b2b11768d1c4ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm33cb160b1311907724f0c48863671c34ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmf5b5cce1f9d118938343975a90655a0bELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm39fdf027d6c9c3dd4b5d0657256e1943ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm8ae97f9d447c6e29028681b744294bd0ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpmd629d2bf255d6158553ca5945d42237cELSA-2019-4732
kernel-doc-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpme8840a73535a54a078c5a4af0b5d7f13ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-headers-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.i386.rpmfdb79741f50b7e219ad62c0d97d68987ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm9167b2b5dff081836d6089a6f782162eELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm1dac6a05c39ea3fcd03458625639fb41ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-1.4.9-1.el5.i686.rpmb58d3721a1bead58f24b6e624e45d484-
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5PAE-1.4.9-1.el5.i686.rpm8871078832fada5935a16a0036515262-
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.9-1.el5.i686.rpm4f7dbe5300f938ef3b1636cf65e90140-
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.9-1.el5.i686.rpma43b961354df188501b7e87643ddf2c4-
oracleasm-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm9d6d7ecfafec385bcf536e5e9c3ca568-
oracleasm-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpme28cd84ab47ab55156f5f91dbe1489ad-
oracleasm-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm94ca29494f11bc0bf6509f73c5e56fa2-
oracleasm-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm676f8be2932b9bc9df654f0fa249abd0-
Oracle Linux 5 (ia64) kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.src.rpmf259cd7cd4427e8eed5572eb670e06a2ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-1.4.9-1.el5.src.rpmbdeac7aa56e429adaf1603b0ac4b7b1e-
oracleasm-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpm6198b97f6fcdcb64562332b557b6b0b8-
kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm3b0c7592f3b530c5c856696ef18be072ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm2bb73cfa52fe6af46d1a7a023571225cELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm0fd623843c4d72d8c77ec46d783f8227ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm6ee8f9490d0e9fc1acdd1d4f3fa491b4ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-doc-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpme8840a73535a54a078c5a4af0b5d7f13ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-headers-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm3756f6be9ee8e1a2c287612512dfde23ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm193eead1ac10cb290e5127c476dfc1b0ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm1699470bdbf745015cc3a41b212572b9ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-1.4.9-1.el5.ia64.rpm7661949e4dda0642aeab5e1e5ff4ec29-
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.9-1.el5.ia64.rpm6656f7376f6ce64aa4483154bcfe8b29-
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.9-1.el5.ia64.rpmdb19317673c24257dc5eb4dd9e15e397-
oracleasm-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.ia64.rpma51cd3bf5efe1f2e935d9e859d84cbb9-
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kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm289e5a896311822e7d35c355f7ffd5c3ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm68258aea9922cacde3ef0b4b429aeb55ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm8f6795ac13f1dc5036609cd15a4dc84eELSA-2019-4732
kernel-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmd1d4ba53f88b842a2471ddf1277d50d2ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-doc-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpme8840a73535a54a078c5a4af0b5d7f13ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-headers-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmed5e3be6c2888fc1c9d695ad0e31f10cELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmabf3959f7ba129e5e04fc63b3396aa97ELSA-2019-4732
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm8bb3f4f6b9a9a41116e7b549ad1f7313ELSA-2019-4732
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-1.4.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm48b0859e82616f637298d4db773e3f62-
ocfs2-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.9-1.el5.x86_64.rpm1c0ff05e8eaf3f684194962824847823-
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oracleasm-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpmdb32e682074857b7e5602a56ecb87148-
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oracleasm-2.6.18-274.12.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpmc5854940546d16853486a8c64a135181-



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