[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2007-3837
2007-12-03 11:42:55
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 8
Version     : 2.6.23.8
Release     : 63.fc8
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
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.

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Update Information:

Update to kernel 2.6.23.9-rc1:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.2
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.3
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.4
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.5
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.6
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.7
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.9

CVE-2007-5501:
The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
in Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc2 and earlier allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted
ACK responses that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

CVE-2007-5500:
The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before
2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state
value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service
(machine crash) via unspecified vectors.

Additional fixes:
Fix oops in selinux bitmap code (#394501)
Fix oops in netfilter NAT module
Major wireless driver updates.
libata: fix resume for some devices
libata: possible fix for bug #379971
libata: fix broken sata_sis driver (#365331)
Automatically load the Dell dcdbas driver (#248257)
Initial FireWire OHCI 1.0 Isochronous Receive support (#344851)
Touchpad support for Dell Vostro 1400 and Thinkpad R61 (#375471)

-63:
Fix b43 Revision D error messages.
Restore ability to add/remove virtual i/fs to mac80211 devices

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ChangeLog:

* Wed Nov 21 2007 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- Revise b43 rev D support (new upstream patch)
- Restore ability to add/remove virtual i/fs to mac80211 devices
* Tue Nov 20 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- Linux 2.6.23.9-rc1
* Mon Nov 19 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- Fix oops in netfilter NAT module (#259501)
* Mon Nov 19 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- libata: fix resume on some systems
- libata: fix pata_serverworks with some drive combinations
* Mon Nov 19 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- Linux 2.6.23.8
* Thu Nov 15 2007 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- wireless fixes from 2.6.24
- wireless updates destined for 2.6.25
- ath5k driver updates
- add rtl8180 driver
- enable libertas driver
- add experimental b43 rev D support
* Thu Nov 15 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- Add DMI based autoloading for the Dell dcdbas driver (#248257)
* Wed Nov 14 2007 Jarod Wilson <jwilson at redhat.com>
- Initial FireWire OHCI 1.0 Isochronous Receive support (#344851)
* Tue Nov 13 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- Disable precise CPU time accounting, fixing a divide-by-zero bug.
- Disable transparent PCI bridge resizing.
* Tue Nov 13 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- Add touchpad support for Dell Vostro 1400 and Thinkpad R61 (#375471)
* Tue Nov 13 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- Fix completely broken sata_sis libata driver (#365331)
* Fri Nov  9 2007 Eric Paris <eparis at redhat.com>
- Fix loop iteration problem in selinux ebitmap code
* Thu Nov  8 2007 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- Resync wireless bits from current upstream
* Wed Nov  7 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- md/raid5: fix misapplication of previous patch
- net: fix panic removing devices from teql secheduler
- net: fix oops in l2tp transmit and receive
- nfs: fix writeback race causing data corruption
- x86 setup: fix boot on 486DX4 processor
* Tue Nov  6 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- update utrace
* Tue Nov  6 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- ALSA updates:
   hda: revert STAC92XX volume control changes (#354981)
   hda: add STAC92XX DMIC support
   hda: disable shared stream on AD1986A
   cmipci: fix wrong definitions
- CIFS: fix corruption when server returns EAGAIN (#357001)
- ACPI: suspend/resume fixes
- drivers: restore platform driver modaliases
- x86: fix tsc clocksource calibration
- x86_64: fix global tlb flushing bug
- hidinput: add powerbook driver to x86_64 config (#358721)
- spider_net: fix hang
- mm: fix invalid ptrace access causing kernel hang
- direct-io: fix return of stale data after DIO write
- md/raid5: fix data corruption in some failure cases
- serial: add IDs for some new Wacom tablets (#352811)
* Tue Nov  6 2007 David Airlie <airlied at redhat.com>
- Fix bug 228414 - X hangs at startup with Radeon X800 GTO PCIe with DRI
* Sat Nov  3 2007 David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at redhat.com>
- Apply PS3 EHCI workaround to make rebooting work when hci_usb is loaded
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Updated packages:

6140d70dbb8468d1cdcd00e6fe3dfb46e7466771 kernel-doc-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.noarch.rpm
0c00785e3aeb0846caf75c1703c3686a5bea8368 kernel-headers-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i386.rpm
0bafc448fabdcf70e95f125f58be55f1fd0b362f kernel-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
10dee08f80eeb692f181f0f4f6cc0ed77b0d37df kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
755801f581478ea3e43107f39a3a539c069bb38b kernel-debug-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
ed0644137365e1a71e4060614aad4fbbb41f0afe kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
359adaba24af220de3450c1704d042ddbcf91213 kernel-PAE-debug-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
608ea8cf11596384aec931b2af627fbfa9b74784 kernel-debug-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
910f688de9fdfeb8b23671d2839a6806b8257f29 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
e268e11f6599bad80fa5e4d6203eef5de8c527b0 kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
a77c162840b45ca352b74eda15784793225b2a58 kernel-PAE-debug-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
ddda299e3b32d79824e86e7ca188514645fdfd28 kernel-PAE-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
dcec0463a12213880684a936b29e01e377c1abe8 kernel-PAE-debug-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
b2e9225b736154a133a1b1516d96b9a0248daafb kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
f598ffaef0cfe9e7a6edc6288af7fcc7444c9de4 kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i686.rpm
ad0fa3203b087e454dac566541d8cb6d119d776e kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc64.rpm
7fe1c423323a36a932bc6cd2f3f0b83f8d11d362 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc64.rpm
b7b09c8a89b8f6d328a823c5f31710b4ff277f1c kernel-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc64.rpm
4e23ec9c1510d5349d3420157267631e6fb471bb kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc64.rpm
a03f8077565b7ed512a62d2ea683b378a1ff6963 kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc64.rpm
505601dd6062c0a58acf521efe55a57f5cc897d6 kernel-headers-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc64.rpm
5da6a91b59e9be1225aad9e6446da3ffb91e4a8d kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc64.rpm
3f333ef1e6b78afadfdd88e8c37b6ea5854568b6 kernel-kdump-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc64.rpm
cf2f4ab64fe3bb69271e13039940df8f3c3ec0fd kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i586.rpm
014dfdec0df418bbeb5931bffead3475a4ac3644 kernel-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i586.rpm
7e1d2aa54e9bfbb45e5c4766601530caf5f5bd21 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i586.rpm
d9331c4820bcff69327144d6ec580878c7435ffe kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.i586.rpm
a32535e4788ed493608a779b6a2d7d82ae9e594d kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.x86_64.rpm
476affdcb90c27a3e15e9e73f29d6390aa5b9fa4 kernel-debug-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.x86_64.rpm
a10089e358e3c4ec5cd739a56abf31705feaf9fb kernel-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.x86_64.rpm
715ad01e8944c7d048c95bf7ce849d77c8e6b3cd kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.x86_64.rpm
416b9918778523233257ebe22d9f43c18d5a0c04 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.x86_64.rpm
42f8db490ab4cdf1db69acec3ca7b426b0d5c027 kernel-debug-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.x86_64.rpm
65ea18df433d1ce29cff7fffb4b1e6ccf85fde3f kernel-headers-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.x86_64.rpm
3acc764e85488b593084928ecddb3ed6e120c32e kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.x86_64.rpm
72009a1c1d40c454e2b4562472a5fc1228f2cc2f kernel-smp-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc.rpm
9e3f8ef27264a487c00027ca6e7a8fdd163fa63c kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc.rpm
eb37c3cccf3c2eed5c622a922801d0e8d7c66f2b kernel-headers-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc.rpm
0c59150de3e2be3bb598e4d715e07911837b42cb kernel-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc.rpm
acbc475a1f2e258338315586865c73a55b6595e1 kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc.rpm
8ce50bc976808dccc3a1228208805da9e07c673d kernel-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc.rpm
bd2e13eea7f708c59c84733ebb91ee0b19caccf5 kernel-smp-debuginfo-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc.rpm
8172dae20d38f1210ad18fea57ebdbb17d7dc0df kernel-smp-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.ppc.rpm
917ef103b0dfbefeb11ed1b2b5461abdc7c2f32a kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8.src.rpm

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update kernel' 
at the command line.  For more information, refer to "Managing Software
with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
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