System Environment/Kernel

kernel-BOOT: The version of the Linux kernel used on installation boot disks.

Name:kernel-BOOT Vendor:Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Version:2.4.21 License:GPLv2
Release:27.0.4.EL URL:
Summary
This package includes a trimmed down version of the Linux kernel. This kernel is used on the installation boot disks only and should not be used for an installed system, as many features in this kernel are turned off because of the size constraints of floppy disks.

Arch: i386

Download:kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL.i386.rpm
Build Date:Fri Apr 22 15:52:13 2005
Packager:
Size:11.55 MiB

Changelog

* Sat Apr 16 19:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
- correct ending boundary check in filemap_sync() (Larry Woodman)
* Wed Apr 13 19:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.3.EL
- prevent /proc/<PID>/cmdline env data disclosure (Dave Anderson)
- avoid netfilter oops when ip_conntrack is unloaded (Dave Miller)
- eliminate tty line discipline usage/switching races (Jason Baron)
- fix user-space access bug in USB vicam ioctl (Pete Zaitcev)
- prevent info leaks into ext3 journal disk blocks (Ernie Petrides)
- fix obscure oops in tty init_dev() handling (Jason Baron)
- prevent ia64 unwind from traversing off stack (Jason Baron)
- validate LCP frame lengths in PPP async handling (Dave Miller)
- isolate IP fragment queues among various callers (Dave Miller)
- add protocol validation in net bluetooth driver (John Linville)
- fix data corruption w/uselib() on bad ELF libs (Ernie Petrides)
- prevent core dumps with non-readable ELF interps (Dave Anderson)
- add maxevents validation in epoll_wait() handling (Ernie Petrides)
- add len validation in /dev/random poolsize sysctl (Ernie Petrides)
- correct size of ia64 syscall table initialization (Jason Baron)
- correct x86_64 user-mode i/o port validation (Ernie Petrides)
* Wed Jan 12 18:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL
- fix nessus-induced kernel panic with auditing (Peter Martuccelli)
- fix 32-bit-compat regression in CMSG validations (Ernie Petrides)
- eliminate potential VMA list races with do_brk() (Dave Anderson)
- ignore ICMP Source Quench messages in tcp_v4_err() (Dave Miller)
- prevent VMA overlap crashes in insert_vm_struct() (Jason Baron)

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