System Environment/Kernel

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

Name:kernel-BOOT Vendor:Scientific Linux
Version:2.4.21 License:GPLv2
Release:37.0.1.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-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.i386.rpm
Build Date:Thu Jan 19 16:19:13 2006
Packager:
Size:11.69 MiB

Changelog

* Wed Jan 11 18:00:00 2006 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
- prevent O_DIRECT i/o within VMAs using remap_page_range() (Alan Cox)
- fix exec() crash w/address space limit on x86_64/ia64 (Dave Anderson)
- fix possible pkt padding info leaks in orinoco driver (John Linville)
- release file ref in x86_64 32-bit-compat tiocgdev() (Ernie Petrides)
- prevent infinite loop in IPV6 w/full UDP port h/table (Ernie Petrides)
- fix netfilter portptr decls in TCP and UDP NAT handling (Don Howard)
- prevent races between /proc access and module unload (Alexander Viro)
- avoid logging info msgs when file leases are broken (Peter Staubach)
- fix IPV4 DST entry leak in icmp_push_reply() error path (Thomas Graf)
- fix IPV6 SKB mem leak in ip6_input_finish() error path (Thomas Graf)
- correct struct ref counting in IPV6 flowlabel handling (Thomas Graf)
- reject unicast reports to prevent potential IGMP DoS (Thomas Graf)
* Wed Sep 7 19:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-37.EL
- fix latent sendmsg() cmsghdr32 bug exposed in -36.EL (Dave Miller)
* Fri Sep 2 19:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-36.EL
- fix sync() hangs from NFS file create/delete races (Steve Dickson)
- add support for HP Smart Array E400i in cciss driver (Tom Coughlan)
- defend against cmsghdr32 changes in sendmsg() handling (Dave Miller)
- correct OpenIPMI module version strings (v35 -> 35.4) (Brian Maly)
- fix intermittent build failures under lpfc subdir (Ernie Petrides)

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