-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2010-10876 2010-07-07 16:45:28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : kernel Product : Fedora 13 Version : 2.6.33.6 Release : 147.fc13 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 to kernel 2.6.33.6: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33.6 Additional fixes without associated bug numbers: Fix overscheduling bug causing performance loss on large machines. i915: fix notebook eDP panels. Make hdpvr infrared controller register so that a remote control can be used with it. Backport of important nouveau driver fixes from upstream. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Jul 6 2010 Jarod Wilson <[email protected]> 2.6.33.6-147 - Really make hdpvr i2c IR part register this time, so something can actually be bound to it (like, say, lirc_zilog) * Tue Jul 6 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.6-146 - x86-debug-send-sigtrap-for-user-icebp.patch, x86-debug-clear-reserved-bits-of-dr6.patch (#609548) * Tue Jul 6 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.6-145 - ethtool-fix-buffer-overflow.patch: ethtool buffer overflow (CVE-2010-2478) * Tue Jul 6 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.6-144 - sched-fix-over-scheduling-bug.patch: fix scheduler bug with CGROUPS * Tue Jul 6 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.6-143 - Linux 2.6.33.6 * Fri Jul 2 2010 Ben Skeggs <[email protected]> 2.6.33.6-142.rc1 - nouveau: fix connector ordering issues (rhbz#602492) * Fri Jul 2 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.6-141.rc1 - Linux 2.6.33.6-rc1 - Drop patches merged upstream: btrfs-should-add-permission-check-for-setfacl.patch (CVE-2010-2071) iwlwifi-reset-card-during-probe.patch iwlwifi-recalculate-average-tpt-if-not-current.patch keys-find-keyring-by-name-can-gain-access-to-the-freed-keyring.patch l2tp-fix-oops-in-pppol2tp_xmit.patch - Revert DRM patches we already have: drm-edid-fix-1024x768-85hz.patch drm-i915-fix-82854-pci-id-and-treat-it-like-other-85x.patch - Fix up usb-wwan-update.patch for upstream additions. * Fri Jul 2 2010 Dave Airlie <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-140 - attempt to fix hibernate on Intel GPUs (kernel.org #13811) * Wed Jun 30 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - Disable MRST here too. * Mon Jun 28 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-138 - ppc64: enable active memory sharing and DLPAR memory remove (#607175) * Mon Jun 28 2010 Dave Airlie <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-137 - i915: fix edp panels betterer. * Fri Jun 25 2010 Dave Airlie <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-136 - i915: fix edp on a number of notebooks (including whot's one) * Fri Jun 25 2010 Ben Skeggs <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-135 - nouveau: backport important fixes from upstream - Fixes unPOSTed detection + support nv4x multi-card (rhbz#607190) - Various VBIOS parser fixes (potential culprit for many suspend bugs) - Fixes memory detection on some GF8 IGPs, and boards with 4GiB VRAM - Corrects various problems in the behaviour of GF8 dual-link TMDS * Wed Jun 23 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-134 - l2tp: fix oops in pppol2tp_xmit (#607054) * Fri Jun 18 2010 Roland McGrath <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-133 - make execshield respect PF_RANDOMIZE and ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE (#220892) * Thu Jun 17 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - make ghash-clmulni modular to get rid of early boot noise (rhbz#586954) (not a /fix/ but it should at least quiet boot down a bit if you have the cpu support) * Tue Jun 15 2010 John W. Linville <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-131 - iwlwifi: cancel scan watchdog in iwl_bg_abort_scan (#590436) * Mon Jun 14 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-129 - Add btrfs ACL fixes from CVE-2010-2071. * Sun Jun 13 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-128 - mac80211/iwlwifi fix connections to some APs (rhbz#558002) patches from sgrus...@. * Fri Jun 11 2010 Justin M. Forbes <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-127 - Disable xsave for so that kernel will boot on ancient EC2 hosts. * Fri Jun 11 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-126 - ALSA: usbmixer - add possibility to remap dB values (rhbz#578131) * Fri Jun 11 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-124 - Drop writeback patches, they appear to be able to cause oopses. * Wed Jun 9 2010 John W. Linville <[email protected]> - Disable rt20xx and rt35xx chipset support in rt2800 drivers (#570869) * Wed Jun 9 2010 David Woodhouse <[email protected]> - Include PHY modules in modules.networking (#602155) * Wed Jun 9 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-121 - doc_build_fail FAIL. * Wed Jun 9 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-120 - backport ntrig hid driver from git head. (rhbz#584593) * Mon Jun 7 2010 Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> - linux-2.6-acpi-indirect_fan_control.patch: fix some ACPI fans (rh#531916) * Mon Jun 7 2010 Ben Skeggs <[email protected]> - nouveau: fix iommu errors on GeForce 8 and newer chipsets (rh#561267) * Thu Jun 3 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - But keep it for kernel-headers... * Thu Jun 3 2010 Dave Jones <[email protected]> - remove the 31bit s390 support again. * Tue Jun 1 2010 Jarod Wilson <[email protected]> - Wire up all s390{,x} bits to match RHEL6 kernel spec * Thu May 27 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-112 - CVE-2010-1437: keyrings: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring * Thu May 27 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.5-111 - Linux 2.6.33.5 - Drop patches merged in -stable: iwlwifi_-check-for-aggregation-frame-and-queue.patch iwlwifi_-clear-all-the-stop_queue-flag-after-load-firmware.patch revert-ath9k_-fix-lockdep-warning-when-unloading-module.patch btrfs-check-for-read-permission-on-src-file-in-clone-ioctl.patch - Revert drm patch already in F-13: drm-i915-disable-fbc-on-915gm-and-945gm.patch - Apply DRM patches from -stable on top of F-13 DRM updates: drm-i915-use-pipe_control-instruction-on-ironlake-and-sandy-bridge.patch drm-i915-fix-non-ironlake-965-class-crashes.patch * Thu May 27 2010 Ben Skeggs <[email protected]> - drm-nouveau-updates.patch: add nv50 gpio fix (rh#582621) * Wed May 26 2010 Adam Jackson <[email protected]> - linux-2.6-cantiga-iommu-gfx.patch: Drop, redundant. - config-generic: Disable i830.ko, userspace will never load it. * Mon May 24 2010 John W. Linville <[email protected]> - iwlwifi: recover_from_tx_stall (#589777) * Thu May 20 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.4-106 - Remove "PatchNNNN" entries for dropped patches. - More writeback fixes from block-2.6 tree (#593669) * Thu May 20 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - kill some dead patches. * Wed May 19 2010 John W. Linville <[email protected]> - iwlwifi: fix scan races - iwlwifi: fix internal scan race * Wed May 19 2010 Dave Airlie <[email protected]> - disable vmwgfx at request of vmware * Wed May 19 2010 Roland McGrath <[email protected]> - x86: put assembly CFI in .debug_frame * Tue May 18 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - btrfs: check for read permission on src file in the clone ioctl (rhbz#593226) * Mon May 17 2010 Matthew Garrett <[email protected]> - thinkpad-acpi-fix-backlight.patch: Fix backlight control on some recent Thinkpads * Mon May 17 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.33.4-97 - perf-mount-debugfs-automatically.patch (#570821) * Mon May 17 2010 Ben Skeggs <[email protected]> 2.6.33.4-96 - drm: fix edid modeline for 1024x...@85hz (#582472) * Thu May 13 2010 Jarod Wilson <[email protected]> 2.6.33.4-95 - Enable support for kworld ub435-q and 340u usb atsc tuners * Thu May 13 2010 Peter Hutterer <[email protected]> - linux-2.6-input-clickpad-support.patch: add support for ClickPad touchpads (#590835) * Wed May 12 2010 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.33.4-93 - Linux 2.6.33.4 - Drop patches merged upstream: linux-2.6-pci-fixup-resume.patch linux-2.6-tun-orphan_an_skb_on_tx.patch libata-fix-accesses-at-LBA28-boundary.patch linux-2.6-creds_are_invalid-race.patch hugetlb-fix-infinite-loop-in-get-futex-key.patch reiserfs-fix-permissions-on-reiserfs-priv.patch ath9k-reorder-ieee80211_free_hw-behind-ath9k_uninit_.patch - Revert -stable DRM patches we already have: drm-i915-add-initial-bits-for-vga-modesetting-bringup-on-sandybridge.patch drm-i915-fix-tiling-limits-for-i915-class-hw-v2.patch - Fix up patches to apply on top of 2.6.33.4: linux-2.6-p54pci.patch vhost_net-rollup.patch * Wed May 12 2010 Roland McGrath <[email protected]> - utrace update (#590954) * Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - don't link binutils against perf. sigh. stupid gpl versions. * Mon May 10 2010 Eric Paris <[email protected]> - reduce size of selinux poliy memory allocation (rhbz#590363) * Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - crypto-aesni-kill-module_alias.patch: kill MODULE_ALIAS to prevent aesni-intel from autoloading. * Mon May 10 2010 Ben Skeggs <[email protected]> - add linux-2.6-input-hid-quirk-egalax.patch, missed from F-12, requested by Peter Hutterer. * Sun May 9 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch (rhbz#588930) * Sat May 8 2010 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - Link perf against libbfd.a for name-demangling support. (rhbz#590289) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #608950 - CVE-2010-2478 kernel: ethtool: kernel buffer overflow in ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608950 [ 2 ] Bug #603593 - CVE-2010-2071 kernel: btrfs: prevent users from setting ACLs on files they do not own https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603593 [ 3 ] Bug #607054 - CVE-2010-2495 kernel: l2tp: Fix oops in pppol2tp_xmit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607054 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. 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