--------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2005-1138 2005-12-13 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Product : Fedora Core 4 Name : kernel Version : 2.6.14 Release : 1.1653_FC4 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This update fixes several minor security related issues. A problem was discovered where users could reprogram keys, leaving 'traps' for the next user of a console. The ability has been restricted to root. A 32 bit integer overflow was discovered in the invalidate_inode_pages2() function which could lead to a local denial of service attack. --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Tue Dec 13 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.14-1.1653_FC4] - Use MMIO instead of PIO for 8139too driver. * Tue Dec 13 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.14-1.1652_FC4] - Include a bunch of patches likely to appear in 2.6.14.4 - Hopefully fix ACPI performance issue with HT CPUs. * Sun Dec 11 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.14-1.1651_FC4] - More Promise PATA fixes. * Sat Dec 10 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.14-1.1650_FC4] - Update ACPI to 2.6.15 era. * Sat Dec 10 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.14-1.1649_FC4] - Fix some possible problems with unnecessary OOM kills. - Fix compile error in parport_pc when debugging on. (#175340) - Disable voluntary preemption temporarily to diagnose some strange bugs. * Fri Dec 9 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> - Drop change timesource default patch, it causes strange interactions on some systems. (#171554) - Make PATA ports on Promise SATA work again. (#172913) * Tue Dec 6 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.14-1.1648_FC4] - Disable ACPI blacklist. The interpretor is a lot better these days. Sadly, BIOS authors aren't. - Re-enable i2o ioctls. (#174748) * Fri Dec 2 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> - SELinux MLS compatability. * Wed Nov 30 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> - Reboot through the BIOS on newer HP laptops - Workaround for ATI 'clock goes too fast' bug. * Tue Nov 29 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.14-1.1647_FC4] - Fix feature consolidation in bonding & bridging code. * Tue Nov 29 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.14-1.1646_FC4] - Fix SATA locking. * Mon Nov 28 2005 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2.6.14-1.1645_FC4] - Unbreak the cciss cli tools. (#170351) --------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be downloaded from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/ 9a69f839642e2b98d21f5b24d1863a29 SRPMS/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.src.rpm 8a37d17b0a6afdc90f2d0461db3d8689 ppc/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm 519c0dd926b52f3ac32a751f9185e4ca ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm 29ad65bb074c1a8bef80792097ad275f ppc/kernel-smp-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm ff407935584726a7407cde4adc35425f ppc/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm 3b08817bf2538be0f8ffcd0c8af32213 ppc/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm a6ca3e28ac004632d2965a4dbbd49f62 ppc/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc64.rpm 10510de835349ddfc0bc8cb8f244e32e ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc64.rpm 450fffa42b2206a57ea09f75abb4081b x86_64/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm a3c6cd931daa7ba84d3ca56b1c48481f x86_64/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm 0a2685588ec1e84cbaf2ffbaa5d36238 x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm cfe121c6622169b62bc71306fb950898 x86_64/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm e0c082c07d8052f3d7a352b21d0ea53f x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm 53041de394eb3d57e6649daa44569489 x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.noarch.rpm 17c9ed241f1da2d1d7b0587e549eb52d i386/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i586.rpm ef05501ea2137c0362972e53d70154a4 i386/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i586.rpm 585ceba843679408db815db7bb7b75d0 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i586.rpm cd474c22cda65e4cb52d2e5be4f3848a i386/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm b86b29b16bd6ea1cddb6d47532652af3 i386/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm a8237fc28a92a8ba4df3e6604f0f964a i386/kernel-smp-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm 3b04054baf66e458b6d1cb46df31e803 i386/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm bdf70e5ba9049b959d028e1d4eeca259 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm 53041de394eb3d57e6649daa44569489 i386/kernel-doc-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.noarch.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-announce-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list
