[UCI-Linux] Re: [SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: kernel-2.6.14-1.1644_FC4

Mike Iglesias iglesias at draco.acs.uci.edu
Mon Nov 28 13:18:52 PST 2005


From: Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
To: fedora-announce-list at redhat.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:47:08 -0500
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: kernel-2.6.14-1.1644_FC4

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 02:42:00PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 > Fedora Update Notification
 > FEDORA-2005-1104
 > 2005-11-28
 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 > 
 > Product     : Fedora Core 4
 > Name        : kernel
 > Version     : 2.6.14                      
 > Release     : 1.1644_FC4                  
 > Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
 > 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.
 > 
 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 > Update Information:
 > 
 > This update rebases to the latest upstream stable release,
 > which fixes a number of minor security issues.
 > 
 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 > * Sun Nov 27 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.14-1.1644_FC4]
 > - Port a change_page_attr() fix from x86-64 to i386.

The changelog got trimmed for some reason.
Here it is in full..

		Dave

* Sun Nov 27 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.14-1.1644_FC4]
- Port a change_page_attr() fix from x86-64 to i386.

* Sat Nov 26 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.14-1.1643_FC4]
- Fix infinite loop in rtnetlink.

* Fri Nov 25 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- 2.6.14.3

* Wed Nov 23 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.14-1.1642_FC4]
- Fix 32bit integer overflow in invalidate_inode_pages2() (local DoS)

* Wed Nov 23 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.14-1.1641_FC4]
- Merge patches likely to end up in 2.6.14.3

* Tue Nov 22 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Fix another NFSD badness warning.
- Fix some thinko's in the signed modules code.

* Mon Nov 21 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Remove broken hostname changes in revision field of kernel spec. (#173366)
- Fix some broken locking in NFSD.

* Mon Nov 14 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.14-1.1640_FC4]
- Fix memory leak with file leases. (#172691)

* Sat Nov 12 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.14-1.1639_FC4]
- Ignore result from acpi_bus_find_driver(device);
  Should fix boot hangs on several HP systems (and maybe others).

* Fri Nov 11 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.14-1.1638_FC4]
- 2.6.14.2
- Hopefully fix the i8k bug for real this time.
- nf_queue: Fix Oops when no queue handler registered

* Thu Nov 10 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Write protect kernel rodata

 

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