[SECURITY] Updated kernel packages.

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Wed Feb 11 11:28:38 UTC 2004


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Fedora Security Update Notification
FEDORA-2004-063
2004-02-11
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Name        : kernel
Version     : 2.4.22                      
Release     : 1.2166.nptl                  
Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
Fedora Core 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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* Mon Jan 26 2004 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Fix error in wan config files that broke some configurators.
- Reenable VIA DRI.

* Fri Jan 16 2004 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Merge VM updates from post 2.4.22
- Fix AMD64 ptrace security hole. (CAN-2004-0001)
- Fix NPTL SMP hang.
- Merge bits from 2.4.25pre
  - R128 DRI limits checking. (CAN-2004-0003)
  - Various ymfpci fixes.
  - tmpfs readdir does not update dir atime
  - Minor IPV4/Netfilter changes.
  - Fix userspace dereferencing bug in USB Vicam driver.
- Merge a few more bits from 2.4.23pre
  - Numerous tmpfs fixes.
  - Use list_add_tail in buffer_insert_list
  - Correctly dequeue SIGSTOP signals in kupdated
- Update laptop-mode patch to match mainline.

* Wed Jan 14 2004 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Merge a few more missing netfilter fixes from upstream.

* Tue Jan 13 2004 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Reenable Tux.
- Lots of updates from the 2.4.23 era.

* Mon Jan 12 2004 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Avoid deadlocks in USB storage.

* Fri Jan 09 2004 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Fix thread creation race.

* Thu Jan 08 2004 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- USB storage: Make Pentax Optio S4 work
- Config file tweaking. Only enable CONFIG_SIBLINGS_2
  on the kernels that need it.



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This update can be downloaded from:
  http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/1/

553f4944dcb4efacd5c121e3b393e3b5  SRPMS/kernel-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.src.rpm
edda6d7c8e61b35e70429dd3554b947c  i386/kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i386.rpm
6b826de879e4f6d9251faebf4238e328  i386/kernel-doc-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i386.rpm
b32053e5046cd01734eb9ce9baf52f93  i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i386.rpm
41bf2bba0664246ed2607c3a3feb88fe  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i386.rpm
e4f4674f933c69dcdbad6f05229d59be  i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i586.rpm
925b246a817cce46c817bd274442ed98  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i586.rpm
def776965b602ec0816b8ab53c13e8bb  i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i686.rpm
06b4703c7d2a060bba8e7ebc2e3ae381  i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i686.rpm
52691d36723c08cc88e240e174d91186  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.i686.rpm
a6ac8355b5fa29f5e60eb8ed916b02b8  i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.athlon.rpm
7520911214522bad67f0229aab79607d  i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.athlon.rpm
d52fdb74c33f4b7414f4449882e026c3  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl.athlon.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.  
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