[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: kernel-2.6.33.5-112.fc13
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-9183
2010-05-28 16:50:29
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 13
Version : 2.6.33.5
Release : 112.fc13
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
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 2.6.33.5:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33.5
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ChangeLog:
* Thu May 27 2010 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.33.5-112
- CVE-2010-1437: keyrings: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring
* Thu May 27 2010 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.33.5-111
- Linux 2.6.33.5
- Drop patches merged in -stable:
iwlwifi_-check-for-aggregation-frame-and-queue.patch
iwlwifi_-clear-all-the-stop_queue-flag-after-load-firmware.patch
revert-ath9k_-fix-lockdep-warning-when-unloading-module.patch
btrfs-check-for-read-permission-on-src-file-in-clone-ioctl.patch
- Revert drm patch already in F-13: drm-i915-disable-fbc-on-915gm-and-945gm.patch
- Apply DRM patches from -stable on top of F-13 DRM updates:
drm-i915-use-pipe_control-instruction-on-ironlake-and-sandy-bridge.patch
drm-i915-fix-non-ironlake-965-class-crashes.patch
* Thu May 27 2010 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs at redhat.com>
- drm-nouveau-updates.patch: add nv50 gpio fix (rh#582621)
* Wed May 26 2010 Adam Jackson <ajax at redhat.com>
- linux-2.6-cantiga-iommu-gfx.patch: Drop, redundant.
- config-generic: Disable i830.ko, userspace will never load it.
* Mon May 24 2010 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- iwlwifi: recover_from_tx_stall (#589777)
* Thu May 20 2010 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.33.4-106
- Remove "PatchNNNN" entries for dropped patches.
- More writeback fixes from block-2.6 tree (#593669)
* Thu May 20 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- kill some dead patches.
* Wed May 19 2010 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- iwlwifi: fix scan races
- iwlwifi: fix internal scan race
* Wed May 19 2010 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com>
- disable vmwgfx at request of vmware
* Wed May 19 2010 Roland McGrath <roland at redhat.com>
- x86: put assembly CFI in .debug_frame
* Tue May 18 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- btrfs: check for read permission on src file in the clone ioctl
(rhbz#593226)
* Mon May 17 2010 Matthew Garrett <mjg at redhat.com>
- thinkpad-acpi-fix-backlight.patch: Fix backlight control on some recent
Thinkpads
* Mon May 17 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.33.4-97
- perf-mount-debugfs-automatically.patch (#570821)
* Mon May 17 2010 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs at redhat.com> 2.6.33.4-96
- drm: fix edid modeline for 1024x768 at 85Hz (#582472)
* Thu May 13 2010 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com> 2.6.33.4-95
- Enable support for kworld ub435-q and 340u usb atsc tuners
* Thu May 13 2010 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at redhat.com>
- linux-2.6-input-clickpad-support.patch: add support for ClickPad
touchpads (#590835)
* Wed May 12 2010 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.33.4-93
- Linux 2.6.33.4
- Drop patches merged upstream:
linux-2.6-pci-fixup-resume.patch
linux-2.6-tun-orphan_an_skb_on_tx.patch
libata-fix-accesses-at-LBA28-boundary.patch
linux-2.6-creds_are_invalid-race.patch
hugetlb-fix-infinite-loop-in-get-futex-key.patch
reiserfs-fix-permissions-on-reiserfs-priv.patch
ath9k-reorder-ieee80211_free_hw-behind-ath9k_uninit_.patch
- Revert -stable DRM patches we already have:
drm-i915-add-initial-bits-for-vga-modesetting-bringup-on-sandybridge.patch
drm-i915-fix-tiling-limits-for-i915-class-hw-v2.patch
- Fix up patches to apply on top of 2.6.33.4:
linux-2.6-p54pci.patch
vhost_net-rollup.patch
* Wed May 12 2010 Roland McGrath <roland at redhat.com>
- utrace update (#590954)
* Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- don't link binutils against perf. sigh. stupid gpl versions.
* Mon May 10 2010 Eric Paris <eparis at redhat.com>
- reduce size of selinux poliy memory allocation (rhbz#590363)
* Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- crypto-aesni-kill-module_alias.patch: kill MODULE_ALIAS to prevent
aesni-intel from autoloading.
* Mon May 10 2010 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs at redhat.com>
- add linux-2.6-input-hid-quirk-egalax.patch, missed from F-12, requested
by Peter Hutterer.
* Sun May 9 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch (rhbz#588930)
* Sat May 8 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- Link perf against libbfd.a for name-demangling support. (rhbz#590289)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #585094 - CVE-2010-1437 kernel: keyrings: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094
[ 2 ] Bug #593226 - CVE-2010-1636 kernel: btrfs: check for read permission on src file in the clone ioctl
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593226
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