Miscellaneous Included Packages

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

Name:kernel Vendor:Scientific Linux
Version:2.6.9 License:GPLv2
Release:101.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-2.6.9-101.EL.i686.rpm
Build Date:Wed Jul 20 16:26:13 2011
Packager:
Size:30.43 MiB

Changelog

* Fri May 27 19:00:00 2011 Don Howard <dhoward{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-101]
-cciss: fix lost command problem (Tomas Henzel) [554452]
-dm: work around mempool_alloc, bio_alloc_bioset deadlocks (Lachlan McIlroy) [578699]
-qioctlmod: unsuspend targets if qla_cmd_wait() fails (Chad Dupuis) [576756]
-qioctlmod: restore qim_cmd_wait() so target io suspend works correctly (Chad Dupuis) [576756]
* Tue Feb 1 18:00:00 2011 Vivek Goyal <vgoyal{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-100]
-cxgb3: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory to fix xgb_extension_ioctl infoleak (Eugene Teo) [633153] {CVE-2010-3296}
-mlx4: disable MSI-X by default (Andy Gospodarek) [530596]
-ext3: call fs's invalidatepage instead of block_invalidatepage (Josef Bacik) [488611]
-av7110: check for negative array offset (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) [672400] {CVE-2011-0521}
-ext3: don't dirty unmapped data buffers (Josef Bacik) [488611]
-net: clear heap allocations for privileged ethtool actions (Jiri Pirko) [672431] {CVE-2010-4655}
* Tue Jan 25 18:00:00 2011 Vivek Goyal <vgoyal{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-99]
-bonding: fix active backup failover due to jiffie wrap (Andy Gospodarek) [641112]

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