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kernel: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
| Name: | kernel |
Vendor: | CERN, http://cern.ch/linux |
| Version: | 2.4.21 |
License: | GPLv2 |
| Release: | 27.0.2.EL.XFS |
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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
- * Wed Jan 19 04:00:00 2005 Jaroslaw Polok <jaroslaw{*}polok{%}cern{*}ch>
- added SGI XFS patch set
- * Wed Jan 12 04:00:00 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)
- * Mon Dec 20 04:00:00 2004 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL
- add network CMSG validation checks (Dave Miller)
- fix data struct leak in ip_options_get() (Dave Miller)
- fix IGMP vulnerabilities in ip[6]_mc_source() (Dave Miller)
- fix e_phnum binfmt_elf loader vulnerability (Dave Anderson)
- clean x86_64 32-bit-compat syscall numbers (Jim Paradis)
- prevent ia64 floating point reg val leakage (Jason Baron)
- add USB io_edgeport driver size check (Peter Martuccelli)