ELSA-2012-1304

ELSA-2012-1304 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	MODERATE
Release Date:	2012-09-25

Description

[2.6.32-279.9.1.el6]
- [md] raid1, raid10: avoid deadlock during resync/recovery. (Dave Wysochanski) [845464 835613]
- [fs] dlm: fix deadlock between dlm_send and dlm_controld (David Teigland) [849051 824964]
- [ata] libata: Add space to fix 2GB ATA Flash Disk/ADMA428M blacklist (Prarit Bhargava) [851445 843849]
- [fs] nfs: nfs_attr_use_mounted_on_file() missing return value (Frantisek Hrbata) [847945 842312]
- [fs] gfs2: Make gfs2_write_end not dirty the inode with every write (Robert S Peterson) [849551 844814]
- [net] sched/act_mirred: do not drop packets when fails to mirror it (Jason Wang) [851444 846585]
- [net] sched: fix race in mirred device removal (Jason Wang) [851444 846585]
- [net] sched: printk message severity (Jason Wang) [851444 846585]
- [net] sched: act_mirred cleanup (Jason Wang) [851444 846585]
- [kernel] sched: Fix signed unsigned comparison in check_preempt_tick() (Frederic Weisbecker) [843102 835797]
- [netdrv] be2net: reduce gso_max_size setting to account for ethernet header (Ivan Vecera) [842757 834185]
- [powerpc] Fix wrong divisor in usecs_to_cputime backport (Steve Best) [847727 821374]
- [fs] procfs: do not confuse jiffies with cputime64_t (Frantisek Hrbata) [847727 821374]
- [kernel] time: Add nsecs_to_cputime64 interface for asm-generic (Steve Best) [847727 821374]
- [powerpc] Fix wrong divisor in usecs_to_cputime (Steve Best) [847727 821374]

[2.6.32-279.8.1.el6]
- [netdrv] e1000e: prevent oops when adapter is being closed and reset simultaneously (Dean Nelson) [847045 826375]
- [net] tcp: clear hints to avoid a stale one (Andy Gospodarek) [846832 807704]
- [md] dm-raid1: Fix mirror crash when discard request is sent and sync is in progress (Mikulas Patocka) [846839 837607]
- [netdrv] bond_alb: dont disable softirq under bond_alb_xmit (Jiri Pirko) [846216 841987]
- [x86] ioapic: Fix kdump race with migrating irq (Don Zickus) [812962 783322]
- [net] rds: set correct msg_namelen (Weiping Pan) [822729 822731] {CVE-2012-3430}
- [x86] amd_iommu: Fix SRIOV and hotplug devices (Stefan Assmann) [846838 832009]
- [mm] hugetlb: fix resv_map leak in error path (Motohiro Kosaki) [824350 824351] {CVE-2012-2390}
- [netdrv] dl2k: fix unfiltered netdev rio_ioctl access by users (Jacob Tanenbaum) [818824 818825] {CVE-2012-2313}
- [drm] i915: fix integer overflow in i915_gem_do_execbuffer() (Jacob Tanenbaum) [824561 824563] {CVE-2012-2384}
- [virt] kvm: handle last_boosted_vcpu = 0 case (Rik van Riel) [847042 827031]
- [md] raid5: Reintroduce locking in handle_stripe() to avoid racing (Jes Sorensen) [846836 828065]
- [kernel] timekeeping: Fix leapsecond triggered load spike issue (Prarit Bhargava) [847366 840950 836803 836748]
- [kernel] hrtimer: Provide clock_was_set_delayed() (Prarit Bhargava) [847366 840950 836803 836748]
- [kernel] ntp: Add ntp_lock to replace xtime_locking (Prarit Bhargava) [847366 840950 836803 836748]
- [fs] proc/stat: fix whitespace damage in use arch_idle_time patch (Steve Best) [841579 841149]

[2.6.32-279.7.1.el6]
- [net] netconsole: fix deadlock on network restart (Jiri Benc) [842982 839266]

[2.6.32-279.6.1.el6]
- [net] ipv4: add RCU protection to inet->opt (Jiri Pirko) [844274 829109]
- [net] tun: allow tap iface in netconsoled bridge (Jiri Benc) [842984 838025]

Related CVEs

CVE-2012-2313

CVE-2012-2384

CVE-2012-2390

CVE-2012-3430

CVE-2012-3552

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	kernel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.src.rpm	3bb483894a212b8dce261ab11b8aa9d2	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.i686.rpm	e7a1b72728bd1e8562f74192d4a5cc3e	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.i686.rpm	1b44ea89f5a22c8f74722444cc71f5b7	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.i686.rpm	deca3b921660dff46e79cea8a997b9f2	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.i686.rpm	25ebde4346b1df52adbcfab6a1b5d207	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.noarch.rpm	7f33ff975b7c5d93ea336b97fea4afa2	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.noarch.rpm	dec49f589ad2ca32030efeb89b6417c5	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.i686.rpm	7ee3323c750368b7269e298dd638dd94	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.i686.rpm	63a58879b5caf6b1d336d7280a58b95a	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.i686.rpm	b259f03e949845f194a70ae55463f82f	ELSA-2021-9212
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	kernel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.src.rpm	3bb483894a212b8dce261ab11b8aa9d2	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	14c978b189d7cc889bb1ed3a1c9ee32f	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	ba0770ae895e1c006a0f615e3dda3eb5	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	2b4d3928db1d74bee23258f4d3199a15	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	9c52b0e4863d1b944e5614bd0537ec71	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.noarch.rpm	7f33ff975b7c5d93ea336b97fea4afa2	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.noarch.rpm	dec49f589ad2ca32030efeb89b6417c5	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	16476a555b0adbeaa7aa1bdf75f128eb	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	854b2e24116fe5e9c9fe973de8bff91d	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	0dc7b21d4ac2856534a47b784b61b89f	ELSA-2021-9212

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