ELSA-2011-1849

ELSA-2011-1849 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2011-12-22

Description

[2.6.32-220.2.1.el6]
- [dm] fixing test for NULL pointer testing (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127}

[2.6.32-220.1.1.el6]
- [dm] do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the underlying device (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127}
- [block] fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127}
- [block] add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctl (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127}
- [x86] amd: Fix align_va_addr kernel parameter (Frank Arnold) [758028 753237]
- [md] RAID1: Do not call md_raid1_unplug_device while holding spinlock (Jonathan E Brassow) [755545 752528]
- [pci] intel-iommu: Default to non-coherent for domains unattached to iommus (Don Dutile) [757671 746484]
- [x86] initialize min_delta_ns in one_hpet_msi_clockevent() (Prarit Bhargava) [756426 728315]
- [x86] Update hpet_next_event() (Prarit Bhargava) [756426 728315]
- [kernel] sched: Use resched IPI to kick off the nohz idle balance (Vivek Goyal) [750459 717179]
- [drm] i915: enable ring freq scaling, RC6 and graphics turbo on Ivy Bridge (Prarit Bhargava) [758513 752163]
- [drm] i915: load a ring frequency scaling table (Prarit Bhargava) [758513 752163]
- [x86] cpufreq: expose a cpufreq_quick_get_max routine (Prarit Bhargava) [758513 752163]
- [sched] Cleanup/optimize clock updates (Larry Woodman) [751403 750237]
- [sched] fix skip_clock_update optimization (Larry Woodman) [751403 750237]
- [block] virtio-blk: Use ida to allocate disk index (Michael S. Tsirkin) [756427 692767]
- [virt] virtio_blk: Replace cryptic number with the macro (Michael S. Tsirkin) [756427 692767]
- [kernel] ida: simplified functions for id allocation (Michael S. Tsirkin) [756427 692767]
- [virt] revert virtio-blk: Use ida to allocate disk index (Aristeu Rozanski) [756427 692767]

Related CVEs

CVE-2011-4127

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.src.rpm	f00e5d9ca1c72e5f2bce736d69223b86	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm	844026275476b9682740e87349b38afd	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm	429f32e57c92f327a0daf36f686a200f	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm	a3947897d6e960c749525a715460a826	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm	bb13faa631287a308cfc0b04cd621b44	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm	727a2a5bfba6f7c4e422c98d6224f9fc	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm	5fe629c40f58847cec776687f870b6ec	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm	a51c1c34bc4108d0872379a8ee232eda	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm	05f67dc843183e46da901b558e81bf7f	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm	15675620379df17f80382300a9e8f3fd	ELSA-2021-9212
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.src.rpm	f00e5d9ca1c72e5f2bce736d69223b86	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	6f57f71661010c5a8b3d3084c61a6fdd	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	0a08caea54ee951e34724ad76bf4b6c4	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	f343f4fb15c58290c9c690b4f62df32b	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	f2455bb26b78e584b06378feb6f63f35	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm	727a2a5bfba6f7c4e422c98d6224f9fc	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm	5fe629c40f58847cec776687f870b6ec	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	18a05a670ad7d9b7795602855f8a948c	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	04713a29d0fce5ea7e6271a149562840	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	baf44b38c2261a48c48f786b27cab760	ELSA-2021-9212

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