-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2008-0958 2008-01-29 04:51:57 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Name : kernel Product : Fedora 7 Version : 2.6.23.14 Release : 64.fc7 URL : [] 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.

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Update to Linux kernel 2.6.23.14: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.13 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.14 CVE-2008-0001: VFS in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.16, and 2.6.23.x before 2.6.23.14, performs tests of access mode by using the flag variable instead of the acc_mode variable, which might allow local users to bypass intended permissions and remove directories. Plus: Major wireless driver updates. Restored the /proc/slabinfo file. Additional bug fixes for the listed Bugzilla entries. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:

* Sat Jan 19 2008 Kyle McMartin kmcmartin@redhat.com 2.6.23.14-64 - Revert CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START on x86_64. * Fri Jan 18 2008 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.14-63 - Fix loss of mouse sync on some systems (F8#427697) - Revert "libata: allow short SCSI commands for ATAPI devices" (#429353) * Thu Jan 17 2008 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.14-62 - Set x86 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x400000 (#309751) * Thu Jan 17 2008 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.14-61 - More wireless fixes headed for 2.6.24 - More wireless updates headed for 2.6.25 * Mon Jan 14 2008 Kyle McMartin kmcmartin@redhat.com 2.6.23.14.60 - Linux 2.6.23.14 * Thu Jan 10 2008 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.13-59 - rt2500usb thinko fix - b43 N phy pre-support updates - ath5k cleanups and beacon fixes * Wed Jan 9 2008 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.13-58 - More wireless fixes for 2.6.24 - More wireless update for 2.6.25 - Enable CONFIG_NL80211 * Wed Jan 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.13-57 - Linux 2.6.23.13 * Tue Jan 8 2008 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.12-56 - Restore /proc/slabinfo * Fri Jan 4 2008 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.12-55 - Another round of wireless fixes headed for 2.6.24 - Another round of wireless updates headed for 2.6.25 * Fri Dec 21 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.12-54 - USB: Use upstream version of the Huawei USB modem fix. * Wed Dec 19 2007 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.12-53 - Some wireless fixes headed for 2.6.24 - Some wireless updates headed for 2.6.25 * Tue Dec 18 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.12-52 - Linux 2.6.23.12 - Add fixed version of APM emulation patch removed in 2.6.23.10 * Fri Dec 14 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.10-51 - Add compile fixes. * Fri Dec 14 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.10-50 - Linux 2.6.23.10 * Fri Dec 14 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-48 - Update utrace to latest. * Tue Dec 11 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-47 - libata: fix AHCI controller reset - libata: fix ATAPI tape drives (#243568) - libata: allow short SCSI commands for ATAPI devices * Wed Dec 5 2007 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-45 - Update wireless bits from current upstream (resync w/ F-8) - Drop patch to use "old format" firwmare for b43 (unmaintainable) * Mon Dec 3 2007 Jarod Wilson jwilson@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-44 - Improved FireWire OHCI 1.0 Isochronous Receive support (#344851) * Fri Nov 30 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-43 - ALSA: fix missing controls on some drivers - ACPI: send initial button state on startup * Fri Nov 30 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-42 - Disable e1000 link power management * Wed Nov 28 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-41 - Fix further bugs in init of Huawei USB modem - Fix libata handling of IO ready test * Tue Nov 27 2007 Kyle McMartin kmcmartin@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-40 - Some USB disks spin themselves down automatically and need scsi_device.allow_restart enabled so they'll spin back up. * Tue Nov 27 2007 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-39 - Fix NULL ptr reference in iwlwifi (CVE-2007-5938) * Tue Nov 27 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-37 - Fix SPDIF audio on AD1988 codec (#253777) * Mon Nov 26 2007 Kyle McMartin kmcmartin@redhat.com 2.6.23.9-36 - Linux 2.6.23.9 * Mon Nov 26 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.8-35 - Set CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_CLASS (#362221) * Thu Nov 22 2007 Kyle McMartin kmcmartin@redhat.com 2.6.23.8-33 - Linux 2.6.23.9-rc1 * Wed Nov 21 2007 Kyle McMartin kmcmartin@redhat.com 2.6.23.8-32 - Update linux-2.6-wireless.patch to match F-8. - Fix oops in netfilter NAT module (#259501) - libata: fix resume on some systems - libata: fix pata_serverworks with some drive combinations * Tue Nov 20 2007 Kyle McMartin kmcmartin@redhat.com 2.6.23.8-31 - Linux 2.6.23.8 * Thu Nov 15 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-30 - Build in the Crypto crc32c algorithm for iSCSI. * Wed Nov 14 2007 Jarod Wilson jwilson@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-29 - Initial FireWire OHCI 1.0 Isochronous Receive support (#344851) * Mon Nov 12 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-27 - Disable USB autosuspend by default. - Fix oops in CIFS when mounting a filesystem a second time. - Restore platform module autoloading, e.g. pcspkr. - Fix failure to boot on 486DX4 (and possibily other CPUs.) * Fri Nov 9 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-26 - Fix the earlier misapplied raid5 patch. - Fix race in NFS that can cause data corruption. * Fri Nov 9 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-25 - libata sata_sis: fix SCSI transfer lengths and SCR read function. * Fri Nov 9 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-24 - Fix oopses in the networking code (l2tp, teql). * Fri Nov 9 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-23 - Update utrace, fixing some powerpc bugs. - Disable precise scheduler CPU accounting (#340161). * Tue Nov 6 2007 Dave Airlie airlied@linux.ie 2.6.23.1-22 - copy drm fixes from Fedora 8 (bug 228414) + i915 allocation * Wed Oct 31 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-20 - Copy iwl wireless updates from Fedora 8 (#349981). - Fix read after direct IO write returning stale data. - Fix hang in ptrace trying to access beyond end of VMA. - Add Powerbook HID input driver to x86_64 build (#358721). * Tue Oct 30 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-18 - Use upstream fixes for monotonic stime/utime. - Another ACPI suspend/resume fix. - Disable PCI mmconfig by default (like Fedora 8.) * Tue Oct 30 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-17 - CIFS: fix reconnect when incomplete packet is received * Mon Oct 29 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-15 - Fix oops for some x86_64 systems with AGP (#249174, #336281) - Properly synchronize IRQs - CIFS: fix file corruption when server returns EAGAIN (F8 #357001) - serial: support new Wacom pads (F8 #352811) - md/raid5: fix data corruption race - i386: TSC calibration fixes - x86_64: fix races in TLB flushing code * Mon Oct 29 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-14 - Enable hamradio drivers. * Wed Oct 24 2007 Roland McGrath roland@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-13 - Install System.map in kernel-devel packages. * Tue Oct 23 2007 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-12 - remove problematic hunk from ath5k fixes patch * Mon Oct 22 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-11 - Don't create /sys/module/nousb/ (bz #242715) * Fri Oct 19 2007 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-10 - iwl4965-base.c: fix off-by-one errors - ipw2100: send WEXT scan events - rt2x00: Add new rt73usb USB ID - zd1211rw, fix oops when ejecting install media - rt2x00: Fix residual check in PLCP calculations. - rtl8187: Fix more frag bit checking, rts duration calc - iwlwifi: set correct base rate for A band in rs_dbgfs_set_mcs - iwlwifi: Fix rate setting in probe request for HW scan * Thu Oct 18 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-9 - Add missing ACPI patch. - Switch to upstream libata DMA disable code (libata.pata_dma parameter is now libata.dma) - Remove some new/experimental items from config. * Thu Oct 18 2007 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-7 - avoid null ptr dereference in rx path of zd1201 driver * Wed Oct 17 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-6 - latest ath5k from Fedora 8 - fix another suspend/resume bug * Wed Oct 17 2007 John W. Linville linville@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-5 - iee80211: fix an endian bug - mac80211: change BSSID list key to (BSSID, SSID, frequency) tuple - mac80211: make honor IW_SCAN_THIS_ESSID - mac80211: don't fail IE parse if junk at end of frame * Fri Oct 12 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23.1-4 - Linux 2.6.23.1 - Firewire multi-LUN fixes (#242254) - Fix lockdep problems in Firewire - Fix CPU time accounting * Wed Oct 10 2007 Chuck Ebbert cebbert@redhat.com 2.6.23-1 - Linux 2.6.23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:

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