system environment/kernel

kernel - the linux kernel (the core of the linux operating system)

License: GPLv2
Vendor: Scientific Linux
Description:
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

Packages

kernel-2.6.9-100.EL.x86_64 [13.8 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-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.29.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.26.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.23.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.x86_64 [13.7 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2009-10-27):
-fs: fix pipe null pointer dereference (Jeff Moyer) [530936 530937] {CVE-2009-3547}
kernel-2.6.9-89.0.15.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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-2.6.9-89.0.9.EL.x86_64 [13.7 MiB] Changelog by Vitaly Mayatskikh (2009-08-19):
-net: prevent null pointer dereference in udp_sendmsg (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [518041 518042] {CVE-2009-2698}
kernel-2.6.9-89.0.7.EL.x86_64 [13.7 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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