--------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2005-013 2005-01-10 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Product : Fedora Core 3 Name : kernel Version : 2.6.10 Release : 1.737_FC3 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. This update rebases the kernel to match the upstream 2.6.10 release, and adds a number of security fixes by means of adding the latest -ac patch. CAN-2004-1235 Paul Starzetz from isec.pl found a problem in the binary format loaders uselib() function that could lead to potential priveledge escalation. http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.txt NO-CAN-ASSIGNED Brad Spengler found several problems. - An integer overflow in the random poolsize sysctl handler. - SCSI ioctl integer overflow and information leak. - RLIMIT_MEMLOCK bypass and unprivileged user DoS. NO-CAN-ASSIGNED Coverity Inc. found a number of bugs with their automated source checker in coda, xfs, network bridging, rose network protocol, and the sdla wan driver. http://linuxbugs.coverity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Mon Jan 10 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> - Disable slab debugging. * Sat Jan 08 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> - Periodic slab debug is incompatable with pagealloc debug. Disable the latter. - Update to 2.6.10-ac8 * Fri Jan 07 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> - Bump up to -ac7 - Another new card reader. * Thu Jan 06 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> - Rebase to 2.6.10-ac5 * Tue Jan 04 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> - Rebase to 2.6.10-ac4 - Add periodic slab debug checker. * Mon Jan 03 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> - Drop patch which meant we needed a newer gcc. (#144035) - Rebase to 2.6.10-ac2 - Enable SL82C104 IDE driver as built-in on PPC64 (#131033) --------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be downloaded from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/ 3358578123d1f533f59551e3ae57c58d SRPMS/kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.src.rpm fefab702da72d80a17f288a732314f2f x86_64/kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.x86_64.rpm 367a35017888dd291ae5d5e49d3d528f x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.x86_64.rpm bdd8a314125cb1999b55c4f6f3cdb246 x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.x86_64.rpm f48db7fff38c51f651364fc58443c30d x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.noarch.rpm 36f98dd65ec1765c26770be7e6362a6f i386/kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i586.rpm a7122fda3dd50ac6adb24789fb6d1bba i386/kernel-smp-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i586.rpm 415412abd0857a5789da547af0825864 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i586.rpm 909a1a29aa29773b1d9918e2a7614844 i386/kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i686.rpm 30cd263a60bc43a502ce768c2354dc07 i386/kernel-smp-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i686.rpm 0d19dc4ba95ca24403c8cf8aab1333d4 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.i686.rpm f48db7fff38c51f651364fc58443c30d i386/kernel-doc-2.6.10-1.737_FC3.noarch.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
