System Environment/Kernel

kernel: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)

Name:kernel Vendor:Scientific Linux
Version:2.6.18 License:GPLv2
Release:53.1.6.el5 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.

Arch: i686

Download:kernel-2.6.18-53.1.6.el5.i686.rpm
Build Date:Wed Jan 23 09:49:39 2008
Packager:
Size:35.81 MiB

Changelog

* Wed Jan 16 16:00:00 2008 Anton Arapov <aarapov{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.18-53.1.6.el5]
- [fs] corruption by unprivileged user in directories (Vitaly Mayatskikh ) [428796] {CVE-2008-0001}
* Fri Dec 21 16:00:00 2007 Anton Arapov <aarapov{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.18-53.1.5.el5]
- [ia64] ptrace: access to user register backing (Roland McGrath ) [259801]
- [fs] cifs: buffer overflow due to corrupt response (Jeff Layton ) [372991]
- [net] s2io: correct VLAN frame reception (Andy Gospodarek ) [426289]
- [net] s2io: allow VLAN creation on interfaces (Andy Gospodarek ) [426289]
- [misc] tux: get rid of O_ATOMICLOOKUP (Michal Schmidt ) [426494]
- [x86_64] fix race conditions in setup_APIC_timer (Geoff Gustafson ) [424181]
- [fs] core dump file ownership (Don Howard ) [396991]
- [nfs] let rpciod finish sillyrename then umount (Steve Dickson ) [414041]
- [nfs] fix a race in silly rename (Steve Dickson ) [414041]
- [nfs] clean up the silly rename code (Steve Dickson ) [414041]
- [nfs] infrastructure changes for silly renames (Steve Dickson ) [414041]
- [nfs] introduce nfs_removeargs and nfs_removeres (Steve Dickson ) [414041]
- [ia64] remove stack hard limit (Aron Griffis ) [412091]
- [fs] sysfs: fix race condition around sd->s_dentry (Eric Sandeen ) [245777] {CVE-2007-3104}
- [fs] sysfs: fix condition check in sysfs_drop_dentry() (Eric Sandeen ) [245777] {CVE-2007-3104}
- [fs] sysfs: store inode nrs in s_ino (Eric Sandeen ) [245777] {CVE-2007-3104}
- [xen] ia64: vulnerability of copy_to_user in PAL emu (Jarod Wilson ) [425938]
* Wed Nov 14 16:00:00 2007 Anton Arapov <aarapov{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.18-53.1.4.el5]
- Revert: [fs] sysfs: fix race condition around sd->s_dentry (Eric Sandeen ) [245777] {CVE-2007-3104}
- Revert: [fs] sysfs: fix condition check in sysfs_drop_dentry() (Eric Sandeen ) [245777] {CVE-2007-3104}
- Revert: [fs] sysfs: store inode nrs in s_ino (Eric Sandeen ) [245777] {CVE-2007-3104}
- [net] tg3: Fix performance regression on 5705 (Andy Gospodarek ) [381021]

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