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kernel: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
| Name: | kernel |
Vendor: | Scientific Linux |
| Version: | 2.4.21 |
License: | GPLv2 |
| Release: | 58.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
- * Mon Nov 3 18:00:00 2008 Don Howard <dhoward{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-58.EL
- copy_user doesn't zero tail bytes on page fault (Don Howard) [433941] {CVE-2008-2729}
- Fix long symlink support (Fabio Olive Leite) [BZ 438758]
- Fix possible buffer overflow in ASN.1 parsing routine (Don Howard) [444461] {CVE-2008-1673}
- Fix exploitable remote memory leak in sit (Don Howard) [446034] {CVE-2008-2136}
- Fix possible panic in mptctl_gettargetinfo (Don Howard) [451955]
- Add add NULL pointer checks in tty drivers (Don Howard) [453158] {CVE-2008-2812}
- Add a kernel parameter to disable lost tick accounting on x86_64 (Don Howard) [455921]
- Fix possible isdn_net buffer overflows (Don Howard) [456361] {CVE-2007-6063}
- Fix lookup on deleted directory (Eugene Teo) [457862] {CVE-2008-3275}
- Add missing capability checks in sbni_ioctl (Eugene Teo) [460404] {CVE-2008-3525}
- Remove suid/sgid bits on ftruncate (dhoward) [463684] {CVE-2008-4210}
- * Tue Apr 22 19:00:00 2008 Don Howard <dhoward{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-57.EL
- Update: Fix race condition in dnotify() (Al Viro) [439755 443436] {CVE-2008-1375 CVE-2008-1669}
- * Mon Apr 14 19:00:00 2008 Don Howard <dhoward{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-56.EL
- Fix race condition in dnotify() (Al Viro) [439755] {CVE-2008-1375}
- Fix machine check error on Clovertown G0 (Geoff Gustafson) [430924]
- Fix unaligned handler for FP instructions (Don Howard) [430919]