System Environment/Kernel

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 URL:
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.

Arch: athlon

Download:kernel-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.XFS.athlon.rpm
Build Date:Wed Jan 19 18:15:54 2005
Packager:Jaroslaw Polok <jaroslaw{*}polok{%}cern{*}ch>
Size:19.18 MiB

Arch: i686

Download:kernel-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.XFS.i686.rpm
Build Date:Wed Jan 19 17:42:09 2005
Packager:Jaroslaw Polok <jaroslaw{*}polok{%}cern{*}ch>
Size:19.37 MiB

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)

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