-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2008-6198 2008-07-15 04:40:36 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : kernel Product : Fedora 9 Version : 2.6.25.10 Release : 86.fc9 URL : http://www.kernel.org/ Summary : The Linux kernel 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update kernel from version 2.6.25.9 to 2.6.25.10: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10 Bugs: 453464 - S/PDIF data loops on paused trident card 451567 - Remove the Rio500 driver 453390 - wifi problems with kernel 2.6.25.9-74 Wireless driver updates: - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-07-02 (http://marc.info/?l=linux- netdev&m=121503163124089&w=2) - Apply Stefan Becker's fix for bad hunk of wireless build fixups for 2.6.25 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453390#c36) - Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-30 (http://marc.info/?l=linux- wireless&m=121486432315033&w=2) - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-30 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121485709702728&w=2) - Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-27 (http://marc.info/?l=linux- wireless&m=121458164930953&w=2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Mon Jul 7 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-86 - Fix USB interrupt handling with shared interrupts. * Fri Jul 4 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-85 - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-07-02 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121503163124089&w=2) - Apply Stefan Becker's fix for bad hunk of wireless build fixups for 2.6.25 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453390#c36) * Fri Jul 4 2008 Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Better fix for the Nikon D80 usb-storage quirk. * Thu Jul 3 2008 Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Add USB Storage quirk for Nikon D40 with new firmware. * Thu Jul 3 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-82 - Linux 2.6.25.10 - Reverted stable patch, not needed with utrace: x86_64-ptrace-fix-sys32_ptrace-task_struct-leak.patch - Reverted part of this stable patch against drivers/net/wireless/strip.c (the driver eventually gets removed as part of the wireless updates): tty-fix-for-tty-operations-bugs.patch * Wed Jul 2 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-81 - Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-30 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121486432315033&w=2) * Tue Jul 1 2008 Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Shorten summary in specfile. * Mon Jun 30 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-79 - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-30 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121485709702728&w=2) - Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-27 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121458164930953&w=2) * Mon Jun 30 2008 Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Disable rio500 driver (bz 451567) * Mon Jun 30 2008 Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - ALSA: trident - pause s/pdif output (#453464) * Fri Jun 27 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-76 - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-27 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121459423021061&w=2) * Fri Jun 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-75 - Fix bluetooth keyboard disconnect (#449872) * Wed Jun 25 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-74 - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-25 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121440912502527&w=2) * Tue Jun 24 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-73 - Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-14 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121346686508160&w=2) * Tue Jun 24 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.9-72 - Linux 2.6.25.9 * Tue Jun 24 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.8-71 - pppolt2p: fix heap overflow (CVE-2008-2750) (#452111) * Mon Jun 23 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.8-70 - libata: retry enable of AHCI mode before reporting an error (#452595) * Mon Jun 23 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.8-69 - Linux 2.6.25.8 - Patches reverted from 2.6.25.8, already in Fedora: b43-fix-noise-calculation-warn_on.patch b43-fix-possible-null-pointer-dereference-in-dma-code.patch * Sun Jun 22 2008 Dave Airlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.7-68 - update drm update to fix a bug. * Fri Jun 20 2008 Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.7-67 - Fix hpwdt driver to not oops on init. (452183) * Fri Jun 20 2008 Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.7-66 - firewire: add phy config packet send timeout, prevents deadlock with flaky ALi controllers (#446763, #444694) * Thu Jun 19 2008 Dave Airlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.7-65 - update radeon patches to newer upstream * Mon Jun 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.7-64 - Linux 2.6.25.7 - Don't apply upstream-reverts patch to -vanilla kernels. - Dropped patches: linux-2.6-alsa-emu10k1-fix-audigy2.patch linux-2.6-netlink-fix-parse-of-nested-attributes.patch linux-2.6-af_key-fix-selector-family-initialization.patch linux-2.6-mmc-wbsd-fix-request_irq.patch - Reverted wireless patches from 2.6.25.7, already in Fedora: b43-fix-controller-restart-crash.patch mac80211-send-association-event-on-ibss-create.patch ssb-fix-context-assertion-in-ssb_pcicore_dev_irqvecs_enable.patch * Sun Jun 15 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.6-63 - Make rsync able to write to VFAT partitions again. (#449080) * Sat Jun 14 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.6-62 - Replace eeepc driver with upstream eeepc_laptop driver. * Sat Jun 14 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.6-61 - Enable Controller Area Networking (F8#451179) * Fri Jun 13 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.6-60 - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-13 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121339101523260&w=2) * Tue Jun 10 2008 Roland McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 2.6.25.6-58 - Fix i386 syscall tracing and PTRACE_SYSEMU, had broken UML. (#449909) * Tue Jun 10 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.6-57 - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-09 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121304710726632&w=2) - Upstream wireless updates from 2008-06-09 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=121304710526613&w=2) * Tue Jun 10 2008 Roland McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 2.6.25.6-54 - Fix spurious BUG_ON in tracehook_release_task. (#443552) * Mon Jun 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.6-53 - Fix oops in wbsd MMC driver when card is present during boot (#449817) * Mon Jun 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.6-52 - Fix init if af_key sockets (F8#450499) * Mon Jun 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.6-51 - Sync ACPI patches with F-8 kernel. * Mon Jun 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.6-50 - Linux 2.6.25.6 - Dropped patches: linux-2.6-x86-fix-asm-constraint-in-do_IRQ.patch linux-2.6-x86-pci-revert-remove-default-rom-allocation.patch linux-2.6-x86-dont-read-maxlvt-if-apic-unmapped.patch linux-2.6-x86-fix-setup-of-cyc2ns-in-tsc_64.patch linux-2.6-x86-prevent-pge-flush-from-interruption.patch linux-2.6-cifs-fix-unc-path-prefix.patch linux-2.6-ext34-xattr-fix.patch linux-2.6-xfs-small-buffer-reads.patch linux-2.6-net-iptables-add-xt_iprange-aliases.patch linux-2.6-caps-remain-source-compatible-with-32-bit.patch linux-2.6-libata-force-hardreset-in-sleep-mode.patch - Updated patches: linux-2.6-input-fix_fn_key_on_macbookpro_4_1_and_mb_air.patch * Fri Jun 6 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.5-49 - Fix the specfile to match the kernel version. * Fri Jun 6 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.5-48 - Linux 2.6.25.5 * Fri Jun 6 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-47 - Make 64-bit capabilities backwards-compatible with old user programs (#447518) * Fri Jun 6 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-46 - Fix Audigy2 ZS audio adapter hang (#242208) * Thu Jun 5 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-45 - Kill spurious applesmc debug messages (#448056) * Thu Jun 5 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-44 - Make DMA work again on atiixp PATA devices (#450191) * Thu Jun 5 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-43 - Fix docking when docking station has a bay device (bug reported on IRC.) * Tue Jun 3 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-42 - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-06-03 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121252137324941&w=2) * Mon Jun 2 2008 Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-41 - Fix oops in lirc_i2c module - Add lirc support for latest MCE receivers * Thu May 29 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-39 - Upstream wireless fixes from 2008-05-28 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121201250110162&w=2) * Wed May 28 2008 Dave Airlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-38 - drm-radeon-update.patch - Add R500 support along with updated radeon driver * Wed May 28 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-37 - Fix parsing of netlink messages (#447812) * Tue May 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-36 - Fix two hard-to-reproduce x86 bugs: x86: fix sched_clock when calibrated against PIT x86: don't allow flush_tlb_all to be interrupted * Tue May 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-35 - input: fix function keys on macbook pro 4,1 and air (#445761) * Tue May 27 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-34 - Upstream wireless updates from 2008-05-22 (http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121146112404515&w=2) * Tue May 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-33 - libata: fix hangs on undock (#439197) - libata: fix problems with some old/broken CF hardware (F8 #224005) * Thu May 22 2008 Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-32 - Disable CONFIG_DMAR. This is terminally broken in the presence of a broken BIOS * Wed May 21 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-31 - Clean up specfile a bit. * Wed May 21 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-30 - libertas: Fix ethtool statistics - mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in ieee80211_compatible_rates - mac80211: don't claim iwspy support - rtl8187: resource leak in error case - hostap_cs: add ID for Conceptronic CON11CPro - orinoco_cs: add ID for SpeedStream wireless adapters * Tue May 20 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-29 - virtio_net: free transmit skbs in a timer (#444765) * Tue May 20 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-28 - Disable the group scheduler (CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED) (#446192) - x86: don't read the APIC if it's not mapped (#447183) * Tue May 20 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-27 - x86: don't map VDSO into userspace when it's disabled (#229304) - x86: fix ASM constraint in do_IRQ() - x86: map PCI ROM by default again (F8 #440644) * Mon May 19 2008 John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-26 - Re-sync wireless bits w/ current upstream * Mon May 19 2008 Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-24 - Disable PATA_ISAPNP (it's busted). * Fri May 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-23 - ALSA: add support for AD1883/1884A/1984A/1984B codecs and Thinkpad X300 (#445954) * Fri May 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-22 - iptables: make firewall scripts using iprange work again (#446827) - Enable the snd-serial-u16550 audio driver (#446783) * Fri May 16 2008 Eric Sandeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-21 - xfs: Fix memory corruption with small buffer reads (kernel.org #10421) * Thu May 15 2008 Eric Sandeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-20 - ext3/4: fix uninitialized bs in ext3/4_xattr_set_handle() * Thu May 15 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.4-19 - Linux 2.6.25.4 Dropped patches: - linux-2.6.25-sparc64-semctl.patch - linux-2.6-libata-ata_piix-check-sidpr.patch * Mon May 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.3-18 - CIFS: fix UNC path prefix to have the correct slash (#443681) * Mon May 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.3-17 - Linux 2.6.25.3 Drop patches merged in 2.6.25.3: linux-2.6.25-sparc64-mmap_check_fix.patch linux-2.6-md-fix-oops-in-rdev_attr_store.patch * Wed May 7 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.2-16 - Fix sparc64 kernel crash in mmap_check (Dave Miller) * Wed May 7 2008 Kyle McMartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.6.25.2-15 - Linux 2.6.25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #451567 - Remove the Rio500 driver https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451567 [ 2 ] Bug #453390 - wifi problems with kernel 2.6.25.9-74 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453390 [ 3 ] Bug #453464 - S/PDIF data loops on paused trident card https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453464 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. 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