Miscellaneous Included Packages

kernel: the linux kernel (the core of the linux operating system)

Name:kernel Vendor:
Version:2.6.9 License:GPLv2
Release:55.0.2.EL URL:
Summary
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.

Arch: i686

Download:kernel-2.6.9-55.0.2.EL.i686.rpm
Build Date:Tue Jun 26 12:17:24 2007
Packager:
Size:26.83 MiB

Changelog

* Tue Jun 12 19:00:00 2007 Jason Baron <jbaron{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-55.0.2]
-cciss: fix size calculation in diskdump (Bryn Reeves) [243902]
* Mon Jun 11 19:00:00 2007 Jason Baron <jbaron{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-55.0.1]
-fix kernel spinlock panic in nfs/inode.c (Peter Staubach) [240855]
-fix core-dumping unreadable binaries via PT_INTERP (Eric Sandeen) [243256] {CVE-2007-0958}
-nlm: when reclaiming locks, skip non-posix locks (Jeff Layton) [243251] {CVE-2006-5158}
-add missing fput() in a 32-bit ioctl on 64-bit x86 systems (Jeff Burke) [243252] {CVE-2007-0773}
-prevent oops in compat_sys_mount with NULL data pointer (Jeff Layton) [243263] {CVE-2006-7203}
-fix 32bit-compat rt_sigtimedwait (Guy Streeter) [240458]
-nfs: fix repeated NFS mount failures lead to kernel panic (Peter Staubach) [240851]
-safely store sysfs inode nrs in the sysfs dirent (Eric Sandeen) [242558] 
-protect sysfs ->s_dentry w/ locking (Eric Sandeen) [242558]
-fix nr_unused accounting (Eric Sandeen) [241784]
-fix bluetooth setsockopt() information leaks (Don Howard) [243259] {CVE-2007-1353}
-fix DoS in PPPOE (Neil Horman) [243262] {CVE-2007-2525}
-fix out of bounds fib_probs access vulnerability (Neil Horman) [243261] {CVE-2007-2172}
-ip_conntrack_sctp: fix remotely triggerable NULL ptr dereference (Don Howard) [243746] {CVE-2007-2876}
* Thu Apr 19 19:00:00 2007 Jason Baron <jbaron{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-55]
-stex: fix regression in sg_reset (Jun'ichi "Nick" Nomura) [237132]
-nfs: Allow files open for write to invalidate caches (Jeff Layton) [237135]
-e1000: fix watchdog timeout panics (Andy Gospodarek) [237130]
-re-enable readahead for multi-page sequential IOs (Eric Sandeen) [237138]

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