-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-9167 2009-08-31 23:09:15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : kernel Product : Fedora 11 Version : 2.6.30.5 Release : 43.fc11 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: Fedora 11 rebase to 2.6.30, please test carefully. Upstream change logs: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.1 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.3 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.5 Includes all security bug fixes from kernel 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11 (no additional security fixes vs. latest stable Fedora 11 kernel.) 2.6.30.5-32 fixes these issues from 2.6.30.5-28.rc2: - Missing LIRC drivers and scsi_debug driver. - Enables PCI message signaled interrupts by default, which should fix some issues with i915 video drivers. 2.6.30.5-43 fixes additional problems: - Kernel panic on boot caused by stackprotector. - Failure to boot as a Xen guest. - Floppy driver loading unnecessarily. (#519099) - Races in kthread code and clone syscall. - Xen: guest crash when trying to debug (#458385) - b43 wireless driver failing to load on iMac G5 - Hangs on older systems with Intel 440 chipsets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Aug 27 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-43 - Don't load the floppy driver automatically: linux-2.6-defaults-die-floppy-die.patch * Thu Aug 27 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-42 - Fix stackprotector problems with Xen on x86_64. - Disable stackprotector on i386 until 32-bit Xen gets fixed. * Thu Aug 27 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-41 - linux-2.6-kthreads-fix-kthread-create-vs-kthread-stop.patch: fix race in kthreads. * Thu Aug 27 2009 Justin M. Forbes <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-40 - xen: Fix guest crash when trying to debug. (#458385) * Thu Aug 27 2009 John W. Linville <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-39 - zd1211rw: adding 083a:e503 as a ZD1211B device (#518538) * Thu Aug 27 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-38 - Fix string overflows found by stackprotector: hda-check-strcpy-length.patch linux-2.6-v4l-dvb-af9015-fix-stack-corruption.patch * Thu Aug 27 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-37 - Fix race in clone() syscall. * Thu Aug 27 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-36 - Fix hangs on older x86 systems with 440*X chipsets. * Fri Aug 21 2009 David Woodhouse <[email protected]> - Fix b43 on iMac G5 (#514787) * Tue Aug 18 2009 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - Backport several upstream commits 52dec22e739eec8f3a0154f768a599f5489048bd to improve mmap_min_addr. - CVE-2009-2847: do_sigaltstack: avoid copying 'stack_t' as a structure to user space * Mon Aug 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-32 - Change config options: CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG=m CONFIG_PCI_MSI_DEFAULT_ON=y * Mon Aug 17 2009 Jarod Wilson <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-31 - Fix flub in prior lirc patch update that resulted in no lirc drivers getting built * Sun Aug 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-29 - Linux 2.6.30.5 * Fri Aug 14 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.30.5-28.rc2 - Linux 2.6.30.5-rc2 - Dropped drm-intel-tv-fix.patch, merged in -stable now. * Wed Aug 12 2009 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - drm-no-gem-on-i8xx.patch: fix misspelled IS_8XX & IS_I845G, sigh. * Wed Aug 12 2009 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - DRM patch sync-up with F-11-2.6.29.y, ABI probably isn't right yet though... - drm-modesetting-radeon.patch - drm-nouveau.patch - drm-no-gem-on-i8xx.patch - drm-i915-resume-force-mode.patch - drm-intel-big-hammer.patch - drm-intel-gen3-fb-hack.patch - drm-intel-hdmi-edid-fix.patch - drm-modesetting-radeon-fixes.patch - drm-radeon-new-pciids.patch - drm-dont-frob-i2c.patch - drm-intel-tv-fix.patch - drm-radeon-cs-oops-fix.patch - drm-pnp-add-resource-range-checker.patch - drm-i915-enable-mchbar.patch - The rest were merged upstream. * Wed Aug 12 2009 John W. Linville <[email protected]> - iwlwifi: fix TX queue race * Mon Aug 10 2009 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - Patch sync-up with F-11-2.6.29.y: - linux-2.6-x86-delay-tsc-barrier.patch - linux-2.6-fs-cifs-fix-port-numbers.patch - linux-2.6-kvm-skip-pit-check.patch - linux-2.6.29-xen-disable-gbpages.patch - linux-2.6-virtio_blk-dont-bounce-highmem-requests.patch - linux-2.6-drivers-char-low-latency-removal.patch - linux-2.6-serial-add-txen-test-param.patch - linux-2.6-input-wacom-bluetooth.patch - linux-2.6-defaults-saner-vm-settings.patch - linux-2.6-mm-lru-evict-streaming-io-pages-first.patch - linux-2.6-mm-lru-report-vm-flags-in-page-referenced.patch - linux-2.6-mm-lru-dont-evict-mapped-executable-pages.patch - linux-2.6-utrace.patch - linux-2.6-utrace-ftrace.patch - linux-2.6-tracehook.patch * Mon Aug 10 2009 Jarod Wilson <[email protected]> - Add tunable pad threshold support to lirc_imon - Blacklist all iMON devices in usbhid driver so lirc_imon can bind - Add new device ID to lirc_mceusb (#512483) - Enable IR transceiver on the HD PVR * Wed Aug 5 2009 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - Update to released 2.6.30.4. - Drop now-unneeded upstream reverts. * Wed Jul 29 2009 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> - Linux 2.6.30.4-rc1 * Mon Jul 27 2009 Neil Horman <[email protected]> - Backport xfrm gc_thresh export code (bz 503124) * Fri Jul 24 2009 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR=65536 [i386 x86_64], 4096 elsewhere, as per defconfigs. - Blat patches from other tag, now to rebase fixes, splat in the changelog, and tag it for building. * Fri Jul 24 2009 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - Copy over release configs from devel-2.6.30 tag. - Fix up some spec deviations. * Fri Jul 24 2009 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - Linux 2.6.30.3 rebase for Fedora 11. - Fedora 11 2.6.29 branch is on tag private-fedora-11-2_6_29_6. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #458385 - Running gdb in F-9 x86_64 guest on RHEL 5.2 x86_64 host crashes guest. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458385 [ 2 ] Bug #519099 - Floppy disk loading problem F11 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519099 [ 3 ] Bug #498163 - gdm hang right before showing user list with KMS with Intel graphic card (Apple Macbook) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498163 [ 4 ] Bug #506075 - snd_intel8x0: snd_pcm_avail()/ snd_pcm_delay() overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=506075 [ 5 ] Bug #518538 - FeatureFeature: add usb id 083a:e503 to the list of supported devices https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518538 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. 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