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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: | 78.0.8.EL |
URL: | |
- 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 Nov 5 18:00:00 2008 Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-78.0.8]
-pwc: fix kernel pwc driver dos (Eugene Teo) [308501 308511] {CVE-2007-5093}
-[s390] prevent ptrace padding area read write in 31 bit mode (Jarod Wilson) [437932 438148] {CVE-2008-1514}
-ext[234]: avoid printk floods in the face of directory corruption (Eric Sandeen) [459598 459599] {CVE-2008-3528}
-kernel: open call allows setgid bit when user is not in new file's group (Eugene Teo) [463685 463686] {CVE-2008-4210}
-cifs: fix o_append on directio mounts (Jeff Layton) [464494 461005]
-ixgbe: remove device id for unsupported device (Andy Gospodarek) [465735 456533]
-aacraid: remove quirk aac_quirk_scsi_32 for some controllers (Tomas Henzl) [468151 457552]
-mptfusion: mpt causes panic if a raid 1 is configured (Tomas Henzl) [465265 469236]
-cpufreq: support for affected_cpus (Brian Maly) [469647 465366]
- * Wed Oct 29 19:00:00 2008 Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-78.0.7]
-scsi: fix oops when removing devices from sym driver (Mike Christie) [455770 441545]
-netdump: fix up several netdump issues (Neil Horman) [466113 461014]
-mptfusion: fix outputting large amount of log message when issuing host reset (Tomas Henzl) [466217 455451]
- * Wed Oct 15 19:00:00 2008 Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-78.0.6]
-fix kernel snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info leak (Eugene Teo) [457998 457999] {CVE-2008-3272}
-dio: zero struct dio with kzalloc instead of manually (Eugene Teo) [461089 461090] {CVE-2007-6716}
-ext3: fix ext3 block accounting (Josef Bacik) [464496 450900]
-fix regression in /proc/self/mem (Anton Arapov) [464747 460106]
-allocate usb and scsi hba structs together (Pete Zaitcev) [465232 441552]
-Fix do_wait() vs exec() race (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [466214 452706]