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kernel-doc - Various documentation bits found in the kernel source.

License: GPLv2
Vendor: Scientific Linux
Description:
This package contains documentation files from the kernel
source. Various bits of information about the Linux kernel and the
device drivers shipped with it are documented in these files.

You'll want to install this package if you need a reference to the
options that can be passed to Linux kernel modules at load time.

Packages

kernel-doc-2.6.9-100.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vivek Goyal (2011-02-01):
-cxgb3: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory to fix xgb_extension_ioctl infoleak (Eugene Teo) [633153] {CVE-2010-3296}
-mlx4: disable MSI-X by default (Andy Gospodarek) [530596]
-ext3: call fs's invalidatepage instead of block_invalidatepage (Josef Bacik) [488611]
-av7110: check for negative array offset (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [672400] {CVE-2011-0521}
-ext3: don't dirty unmapped data buffers (Josef Bacik) [488611]
-net: clear heap allocations for privileged ethtool actions (Jiri Pirko) [672431] {CVE-2010-4655}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Don Howard (2011-01-04):
-unix: fix local socket dos (Neil Horman) [656757 656758] {CVE-2010-4249}
-serial: clean data before filling it (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [648808 648809]
-net: fix reception of completely page backed sk_buffs (Andy Gospodarek) [664667 500921]
-net: filter: make sure filters dont read uninitialized memory (Jiri Pirko) [651700 651701] {CVE-2010-4158}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Don Howard (2010-11-15):
-net: sctp: do not reset the packet during sctp_packet_config() (Jiri Pirko) [637864 637865] {CVE-2010-3432}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Don Howard (2010-10-04):
-netpoll: fix more local_bh_enable() related badness warnings and infinite loop (Neil Horman) [637729 516076]
-netpoll: fix badness warnings as bottom halves are enabled but interrupts are not (Neil Horman) [637729 516076]
-aio: check for multiplication overflow in io_submit (Jeff Moyer) [629446 629447] {CVE-2010-3067}
-fs: buffer.c: fix race in __block_prepare_write (Jeff Moyer) [633968 480404]
-net: fix info leak in police code (Neil Horman) [636389 636390] {CVE-2010-3477}
-udp: use memory barrier in datagram_poll (Flavio Leitner) [640117 546251]
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Don Howard (2010-09-24):
- [misc] make compat_alloc_user_space incorporate access_ok (Don Howard) [634461 634462] {CVE-2010-3081}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.29.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Don Howard (2010-08-31):
-mm: keep a guard page below a grow-down stack segment (Don Howard) [607855 607856] {CVE-2010-2240}
-mm: accept an abutting stack segment (Don Howard) [607855 607856] {CVE-2010-2240}
-mm: fix up some user-visible effects of stack guard page (Don Howard) [607855 607856] {CVE-2010-2240}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Don Howard (2010-07-22):
-sky2: fix 88e803x transmit lockup on Yukon-FE chipset (Don Howard) [617353 614559]
-nfsd4: bug in read_buf when it is called to move over to next page (Jiri Olsa) [612032 612033] {CVE-2010-2521}
-cifs: fix a kernel BUG with remote OS/2 server (Eugene Teo) [608585 608586] {CVE-2010-2248}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.26.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2010-05-30):
-pci: fix reference to dev->bus->pad2 in pcix_set_mmrbc() (Dean Nelson) [596374 499355]
-pci: cleanup error return for pcix get and set mmrbc functions (Dean Nelson) [596374 499355]
-pci: fix access of pci_x_cmd by pcix get and set mmrbc functions (Dean Nelson) [596374 499355]
-pci: fix return value from pcix_get_max_mmrbc (Dean Nelson) [596374 499355]
-sctp: fix skb_over_panic from processing too many unknown params (Neil Horman) [584655 584656] {CVE2010-1173}
-kernel: keyrings: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [585097 585098] {CVE-2010-1437}
-virtio: net refill on out of memory (Herbert Xu) [597310 589897]
-net: pkt_sched: fix sfq qdisc crashes with limit of 2 packets (Jiri Pirko) [597312 587644]
-nfs: make sure client returns updated d_type info in getdents responses (Jeff Layton) [596372 577378]
-vfs: force reval of target when following last_bind symlinks (Jeff Layton) [533118 533119] {CVE-2009-3726}
-nfsv4: fix a problem whereby a buggy server can oops the kernel (Jeff Layton) [533118 533119] {CVE-2009-3726}
-nfsd4: move special stateid processing to nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op() (Jeff Layton) [597314 517162]
-nfsd4: move nfserr_openmode checking from nfsd_read/write into nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op() (Jeff Layton) [597314 517162]
-time drift due to incorrect accounting of lost ticks if tick_divider > 1 (Ulrich Obergfell) [590551 579716]
-jbd: properly discard freed buffers after commit (Josef Bacik) [589155 571546]
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2010-04-19):
-net: fix an unexpectedly freed skb in tcp (Amerigo Wang) [577715 577716] {CVE-2010-1188}
-net: fixup problems with vlan tagging and bonding driver option arp_validate=3 (Jiri Pirko) [580842 555070]
-virtio_net: fix tx wakeup race condition (Herbert Xu) [580089 574785]
-vfs: turn bad_inode_ops into an inode_operations_ext (Jeff Layton) [582908 544381]
-oprofile: Support arch_perfmon in Oprofile (John Villalovos) [582913 553745]
-oprofile: Fix name collision issue in Oprofile (John Villalovos) [582913 553745]
-oprofile: Fixes for the perf counter reservation system in Oprofile (John Villalovos) [582913 553745]
-oprofile: Enable use of the perf counter reservation system into the oprofile driver (John Villalovos) [582913 553745]
-oprofile: final bits to support oprofile on Nehalem-EP (John Villalovos) [582241 509423]
-virt: fix i386 virtio driver crash (Chris Lalancette) [582911 509220]
-xen: fix pv guest crash when host has more than 64g ram (Chris Lalancette) [574392 504988]
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.23.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2010-03-05):
-e1000e: fix broken wake up on LAN functionality due to other e1000e patch (Andy Gospodarek) [565496 558607]
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2010-01-15):
-improved rx length check for r8169 (Neil Horman) [556406 550911]
-isdn: hfc_usb: fix read buffer overflow in collect_rx_frame() (Danny Feng) [539436 539437] {CVE-2009-4005}
-megaraid_sas: fix dbg_lvl and poll_mode_io file permissions in sysfs (Danny Feng) [537310 537311] {CVE-2009-3889 CVE-2009-3939}
-hfs: fix a potential buffer overflow (Amerigo Wang) [540738 540739] {CVE-2009-4020}
-gdth: prevent negative offsets in ioctl (Amerigo Wang) [539418 539419] {CVE-2009-3080}
-ptrace: ptrace_detach can leak a zombie (Oleg Nesterov) [555869 539506]
-strace: strace hangs when the mt tracee does coredump (Oleg Nesterov) [555869 539506]
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Anton Arapov (2009-12-30):
-net: fix rx length check errors in e1000e (Cong Wang) [551218 551214] {CVE-2009-e1000e}
-net: fix rx length check errors in e1000 and r8169 (Neil Horman) [550910 550907] {CVE-2009-e1000} {CVE-2009-r8169}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2009-11-25):
-i8042: regression fix: disable and enable aux port at close (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [537344 531192]
-r8169: balance pci_map/unmap pair, use hw padding (Ivan Vecera) [529141 529142] {CVE-2009-3613}
-forcedeth: add phy_power_down parameter, leave phy powered up by default (Ivan Vecera) [534112 532593]
-fusion: mptctl module dereferences a userspace address, triggering a crash (Rob Evers) [533798 528066]
-net: ipv4: make ip_append_data handle null routing table (Jiri Pirko) [537016 520299]
-bnx2x: fix bnx2x failing when iptables is on (Stanislaw Gruszka) [537013 527656]
-nlm: don't try to reclaim locks on -o nolock mounts (Jeff Layton) [537017 176848]
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2009-10-27):
-fs: fix pipe null pointer dereference (Jeff Moyer) [530936 530937] {CVE-2009-3547}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2009-10-10):
-fix typo in "-net: netlink: fix numerous padding memleaks" (Jiri Pirko) [521602 521603] {CVE-2005-4881}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2009-08-31):
-execve: must clear current->clear_child_tid (Oleg Nesterov) [515427 515428] {CVE-2009-2848}
-kernel: fix information leak in do_sigaltstack() (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [515394 515395] {CVE-2009-2847}
-build with fno-delete-null-pointer-checks (Danny Feng) [517964 511183]
-lpfc: update emulex lpfc driver to 8.0.16.47 with memory leak fix (Rob Evers) [513192 507680]
-mpt fusion: fix typo in mpt fusion makefile (Tomas Henzl) [516184 496120]
-implement mmap_min_addr infrastructure (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [517904 512641]
-kernel: personality handling: fix per_clear_on_setid (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [511172 508843] {CVE-2009-1895}
-megaraid: fix megaraid SAS tape input/output errors on mt_erase (Tomas Henzl) [517965 504080]
-kernel: missing capability check in z90crypt (Hans-Joachim Picht) [505985 505986] {CVE-2009-1883}
-qla2xxx: fix hang when using management tools (Marcus Barrow) [519428 503489]
-kernel: random: make get_random_int more random (Amerigo Wang) [519692 499785]
-fix __ptrace_unlink and zap_threads interaction (Oleg Nesterov) [519446 506875]
-fix soft lockups due to infinite loops in posix_locks_deadlock (Amerigo Wang) [519429 504279]
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2009-08-19):
-net: prevent null pointer dereference in udp_sendmsg (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [518041 518042] {CVE-2009-2698}
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.0.7.EL.noarch [2.3 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2009-08-05):
-Revert: eliminate deadlock with echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches (Larry Woodman) [505649 495861]

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