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kernel: the linux kernel (the core of the linux operating system)
| Name: | kernel |
Vendor: | Scientific Linux |
| Version: | 2.6.9 |
License: | GPLv2 |
| Release: | 55.0.12.EL |
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- Summary
- 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.
Changelog
- * Wed Oct 17 19:00:00 2007 Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-55.0.12]
- update: deadlock from recursive call through netpoll_send_skb (Neil Horman) [328351]
- fix machine check errors with Clovertown G0-step CPU (Geoff Gustafson) [320791]
- fix disable block layer bouncing for most memory on 64bit systems (Jim Paradis) [330111]
- * Fri Oct 12 19:00:00 2007 Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-55.0.11]
- fix denial of service with wedged processes (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [302931] {CVE-2006-6921}
- fix stack growing into hugetlb reserved regions (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [294971] {CVE-2007-3739}
- fix creating of RHEL4u5 guest domain on i686 RHEL-5.1 host (Chris Lalancette) [251013]
- fix memory leak in __bio_map_user (Eric Sandeen) [328371]
- fix deadlock from recursive call through netpoll_send_skb (Neil Horman) [328351]
- fix ALSA memory disclosure flaw (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [297741] {CVE-2007-4571}
- fix missing ioctl() permission checks in aacraid driver (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [298341] {CVE-2007-4308}
- fix VFAT compat ioctls DoS on 64-bit (Eric Sandeen) [253316] {CVE-2007-2878}
- * Mon Oct 1 19:00:00 2007 Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-55.0.10]
- fix: automounter hangs with rapid access to the same mount point when the system is under high load (Ian Kent) [309781]
- restored: all patches from 2.6.9-55.0.7