-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2010-9183 2010-05-28 16:50:29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : kernel Product : Fedora 13 Version : 2.6.33.5 Release : 112.fc13 URL : http://www.kernel.org/ Summary : The Linux kernel 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.
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Update to kernel 2.6.33.5: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:
* Thu May 27 2010 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.33.5-112 - CVE-2010-1437: keyrings: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring * Thu May 27 2010 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.33.5-111 - Linux 2.6.33.5 - Drop patches merged in -stable: iwlwifi_-check-for-aggregation-frame-and-queue.patch iwlwifi_-clear-all-the-stop_queue-flag-after-load-firmware.patch revert-ath9k_-fix-lockdep-warning-when-unloading-module.patch btrfs-check-for-read-permission-on-src-file-in-clone-ioctl.patch - Revert drm patch already in F-13: drm-i915-disable-fbc-on-915gm-and-945gm.patch - Apply DRM patches from -stable on top of F-13 DRM updates: drm-i915-use-pipe_control-instruction-on-ironlake-and-sandy-bridge.patch drm-i915-fix-non-ironlake-965-class-crashes.patch * Thu May 27 2010 Ben Skeggs bskeggs@redhat.com - drm-nouveau-updates.patch: add nv50 gpio fix (rh#582621) * Wed May 26 2010 Adam Jackson ajax@redhat.com - linux-2.6-cantiga-iommu-gfx.patch: Drop, redundant. - config-generic: Disable i830.ko, userspace will never load it. * Mon May 24 2010 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com - iwlwifi: recover_from_tx_stall (#589777) * Thu May 20 2010 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.33.4-106 - Remove "PatchNNNN" entries for dropped patches. - More writeback fixes from block-2.6 tree (#593669) * Thu May 20 2010 Kyle McMartin kyle@redhat.com - kill some dead patches. * Wed May 19 2010 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com - iwlwifi: fix scan races - iwlwifi: fix internal scan race * Wed May 19 2010 Dave Airlie airlied@redhat.com - disable vmwgfx at request of vmware * Wed May 19 2010 Roland McGrath roland@redhat.com - x86: put assembly CFI in .debug_frame * Tue May 18 2010 Kyle McMartin kyle@redhat.com - btrfs: check for read permission on src file in the clone ioctl (rhbz#593226) * Mon May 17 2010 Matthew Garrett mjg@redhat.com - thinkpad-acpi-fix-backlight.patch: Fix backlight control on some recent Thinkpads * Mon May 17 2010 Kyle McMartin kyle@redhat.com 2.6.33.4-97 - perf-mount-debugfs-automatically.patch (#570821) * Mon May 17 2010 Ben Skeggs bskeggs@redhat.com 2.6.33.4-96 - drm: fix edid modeline for 1024x768@85Hz (#582472) * Thu May 13 2010 Jarod Wilson jarod@redhat.com 2.6.33.4-95 - Enable support for kworld ub435-q and 340u usb atsc tuners * Thu May 13 2010 Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer@redhat.com - linux-2.6-input-clickpad-support.patch: add support for ClickPad touchpads (#590835) * Wed May 12 2010 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.33.4-93 - Linux 2.6.33.4 - Drop patches merged upstream: linux-2.6-pci-fixup-resume.patch linux-2.6-tun-orphan_an_skb_on_tx.patch libata-fix-accesses-at-LBA28-boundary.patch linux-2.6-creds_are_invalid-race.patch hugetlb-fix-infinite-loop-in-get-futex-key.patch reiserfs-fix-permissions-on-reiserfs-priv.patch ath9k-reorder-ieee80211_free_hw-behind-ath9k_uninit_.patch - Revert -stable DRM patches we already have: drm-i915-add-initial-bits-for-vga-modesetting-bringup-on-sandybridge.patch drm-i915-fix-tiling-limits-for-i915-class-hw-v2.patch - Fix up patches to apply on top of 2.6.33.4: linux-2.6-p54pci.patch vhost_net-rollup.patch * Wed May 12 2010 Roland McGrath roland@redhat.com - utrace update (#590954) * Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin kyle@redhat.com - don't link binutils against perf. sigh. stupid gpl versions. * Mon May 10 2010 Eric Paris eparis@redhat.com - reduce size of selinux poliy memory allocation (rhbz#590363) * Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin kyle@redhat.com - crypto-aesni-kill-module_alias.patch: kill MODULE_ALIAS to prevent aesni-intel from autoloading. * Mon May 10 2010 Ben Skeggs bskeggs@redhat.com - add linux-2.6-input-hid-quirk-egalax.patch, missed from F-12, requested by Peter Hutterer. * Sun May 9 2010 Kyle McMartin kyle@redhat.com - fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch (rhbz#588930) * Sat May 8 2010 Kyle McMartin kyle@redhat.com - Link perf against libbfd.a for name-demangling support. (rhbz#590289) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #585094 - CVE-2010-1437 kernel: keyrings: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094 [ 2 ] Bug #593226 - CVE-2010-1636 kernel: btrfs: check for read permission on src file in the clone ioctl https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593226 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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