Fedora: 2: kernel Multiple vulnerabilities
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.
Update Information:
This update kernel for Fedora Core 2 contains the security fixes as found by
Paul Starzetz from isec.pl. In addition this kernel contains a significant
number of bugfixes that are inherited from the newer kernel.org kernel this
release is based on.
* Wed Aug 04 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
- fix ppos races
* Sat Jul 17 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
- ppc32 embedded updates
* Fri Jul 16 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
- make USB modules again and add Alan's real fix for the SMM-meets-USB bug
- 2.6.8-rc1-bk4
* Thu Jul 15 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
- 2.6.8-rc1-bk3
* Wed Jul 14 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
- add "enforcemodulesig" boot option to make the kernel load signed modules only
* Tue Jul 13 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
- updated voluntary preempt
- 2.6.8-rc1
* Thu Jul 08 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
- fix boot breakage that was hitting lots of people (Dave Jones)
* Wed Jul 07 2004 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
- add voluntary preemption patch from Ingo
- 2.6.7-bk19
This update can be downloaded from:
7c34ff18c58199a9559e41e0a89989f1 SRPMS/kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.src.rpm
2e5ad2234291cbae1717808e5e6b1091 x86_64/kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.x86_64.rpm
8cad3b767b875d9eda43d28e0fe44dcc x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.x86_64.rpm
b440fc206a2107c88ffbfda43d9de2ef x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.x86_64.rpm
7fc266322f905637c9d4cb13968c5d00 x86_64/kernel-sourcecode-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.noarch.rpm
c74e6ec7c9b3cc8bd0e37792aa6d0ba9 x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.noarch.rpm
e49810ed1e33f0be9841724e57da67dd i386/kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i586.rpm
866a4597feb9f75d8e9b44ac18e4e498 i386/kernel-smp-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i586.rpm
2f3fe2937733e54dbdc40a920d310b21 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i586.rpm
d9edea58c35389d004397c10bcb95892 i386/kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i686.rpm
53ab1cccbb9e5d1db4f41484a04cfc4e i386/kernel-smp-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i686.rpm
b06b13774f0320c064f16340757c053e i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i686.rpm
7fc266322f905637c9d4cb13968c5d00 i386/kernel-sourcecode-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.noarch.rpm
c74e6ec7c9b3cc8bd0e37792aa6d0ba9 i386/kernel-doc-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.noarch.rpm
This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
Change Log
References
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2004-247 2004-08-03 Product : Fedora Core 2 Name : kernel Version : 2.6.7 Release : 1.494.2.2 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.