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kernel: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
| Name: | kernel |
Vendor: | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Version: | 2.4.21 |
License: | GPLv2 |
| Release: | 27.0.4.EL |
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- Summary
- The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
Red Hat Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
Changelog
- * Sat Apr 16 19:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
- correct ending boundary check in filemap_sync() (Larry Woodman)
- * Wed Apr 13 19:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.3.EL
- prevent /proc/<PID>/cmdline env data disclosure (Dave Anderson)
- avoid netfilter oops when ip_conntrack is unloaded (Dave Miller)
- eliminate tty line discipline usage/switching races (Jason Baron)
- fix user-space access bug in USB vicam ioctl (Pete Zaitcev)
- prevent info leaks into ext3 journal disk blocks (Ernie Petrides)
- fix obscure oops in tty init_dev() handling (Jason Baron)
- prevent ia64 unwind from traversing off stack (Jason Baron)
- validate LCP frame lengths in PPP async handling (Dave Miller)
- isolate IP fragment queues among various callers (Dave Miller)
- add protocol validation in net bluetooth driver (John Linville)
- fix data corruption w/uselib() on bad ELF libs (Ernie Petrides)
- prevent core dumps with non-readable ELF interps (Dave Anderson)
- add maxevents validation in epoll_wait() handling (Ernie Petrides)
- add len validation in /dev/random poolsize sysctl (Ernie Petrides)
- correct size of ia64 syscall table initialization (Jason Baron)
- correct x86_64 user-mode i/o port validation (Ernie Petrides)
- * Wed Jan 12 18:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL
- fix nessus-induced kernel panic with auditing (Peter Martuccelli)
- fix 32-bit-compat regression in CMSG validations (Ernie Petrides)
- eliminate potential VMA list races with do_brk() (Dave Anderson)
- ignore ICMP Source Quench messages in tcp_v4_err() (Dave Miller)
- prevent VMA overlap crashes in insert_vm_struct() (Jason Baron)