-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2011-9130 2011-07-08 17:18:34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : kernel Product : Fedora 15 Version : 2.6.38.8 Release : 35.fc15 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: Fixes some bugs that were caused by upstream stable kernel updates, including a longstanding bug causing oopses when removing USB storage devices and optical media. Fixes stalls on machines with the latest Intel graphics hardware (Sandybridge.) Also fixes some important security issues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed Jul 6 2011 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.38.8-35 - Revert SCSI/block patches from 2.6.38.6 that caused more problems than they fixed; drop band-aid patch attempting to fix the fix. - CVE-2011-2497: kernel: bluetooth: buffer overflow in l2cap config request - CVE-2011-2517: kernel: nl80211: missing check for valid SSID size in scan operations * Mon Jun 27 2011 Dave Jones <[email protected]> - Disable CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER_DISABLE_TESTS, as this also disables FIPS (rhbz 716942) * Sat Jun 25 2011 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> - Intel IOMMU fixes from 2.6.39.2 - drm-i915-apply-hwstam-workaround-for-bsd-ring-on-sandybridge.patch: Another fix for Sandybridge stalls * Fri Jun 24 2011 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> - Minor cleanup: use upstream patch to export block_{get,put}_queue - block-blkdev_get-should-access-bd_disk-only-after.patch: fix potential oops introduced in 2.6.38.8 - ahci-add-another-pci-id-for-marvell.patch (rhbz#705960) - CVE-2011-2183: ksm: race between ksmd and exiting task - Revert 2.6.38.8 patch that broke magicmouse (rhbz#714381) - Fix drive detection failure on mvsas (rhbz#705019) - Fix oopses in the CFQ disk scheduler (rhbz#577968) - Support Wacom touchscreen 00e6 in Thinkpad x220 (rhbz#708307) * Thu Jun 23 2011 Dave Airlie <[email protected]> 2.6.38.8-34 - drm-i915-snb-irq-stalls-fix.patch: fix Sandybridge IRQ stalls * Thu Jun 23 2011 Dave Airlie <[email protected]> - drm-radeon-update3.patch: more radeon fixes backport * Tue Jun 21 2011 Dave Jones <[email protected]> - HID: ntrig don't dereference unclaimed hidinput (rhbz#714827) * Mon Jun 20 2011 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.38.8-33 - [sgruszka@] iwlwifi: fix general 11n instability (rhbz#648732) * Wed Jun 15 2011 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - crypto: aesni-intel - Merge with fpu.ko (rhbz#589390) * Thu Jun 9 2011 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.38.8-32 - ath5k-disable-fast-channel-switching-by-default.patch (rhbz#709122) (korgbz#34992) [a99168ee in wireless-next] * Tue Jun 7 2011 Dave Jones <[email protected]> - [SCSI] Fix oops caused by queue refcounting failure. * Sat Jun 4 2011 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.38.8-31 - Linux 2.6.38.8 - Revert radeon patches we already have: drm/radeon/kms: add wait idle ioctl for eg->cayman drm/radeon/evergreen/btc/fusion: setup hdp to invalidate and flush when asked - Drop individual patches we have: ips-use-interruptible-waits-in-ips-monitor.patch drm-vblank-events-fix-hangs.patch mm-vmscan-correct-use-of-pgdat_balanced-in-sleeping_prematurely.patch mm-vmscan-correctly-check-if-reclaimer-should-schedule-during-shrink_slab.patch - Drop x86-amd-arat-bug-on-sempron-workaround.patch; the proper fix is in 2.6.38.8 * Sun May 29 2011 Dave Airlie <[email protected]> - fix oops on pageflipping sometimes (#680651) * Fri May 27 2011 Ben Skeggs <[email protected]> 2.6.38.7-30 - nouveau: minor fixes for various issues from upstream - nv40 modesetting fix (rhbz#708235) - nv50+ support for LVDS panels using SPWG spec (blank/corrupt screen fixes) - nva3+ pm clock get/set fixes * Wed May 25 2011 Dave Airlie <[email protected]> - drm-radeon-update2.patch: more radeon updates + cayman accel support * Tue May 24 2011 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - hid-multitouch: add support for elo touchsystems panels (requested by hadess, backported from hid-next) - bluetooth: add support for more ath3k devices (Ditto.) * Mon May 23 2011 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.38.7-29 - Linux 2.6.38.7 - Eliminate hangs when using frequent high-order allocations * Fri May 20 2011 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> 2.6.38.7-28.rc1 - Linux 2.6.38.7-rc1 - Fix up context in utrace-ptrace.patch - Revert radeon patches already in our radeon update: drm-radeon-kms-fix-gart-setup-on-fusion-parts-v2-backport.patch - Drop merged patches: iwlwifi-add-_ack_plpc_check-module-parameters.patch - Fix stalls on AMD Sempron notebooks (#704059) * Fri May 13 2011 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> 2.6.38.6-27 - [fabbione@] Fix a deadlock when using hp_sw with an HP san. (7a1e9d82 upstream) * Wed May 11 2011 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> - Fix Intel IPS driver so it doesn't run continuously (#703511) * Tue May 10 2011 Kyle McMartin <[email protected]> - [sgruszka@] iwlwifi: add {ack,plpc}_check module parameters (#666646) * Tue May 10 2011 Chuck Ebbert <[email protected]> - Linux 2.6.38.6 (no functional changes from 2.6.38.6-26.rc1) - Drop merged patches: can-add-missing-socket-check-in-can_raw_release.patch scsi-fix-oops-in-scsi_run_queue.patch vm-skip-the-stack-guard-page-lookup-in-get_user_pages-only-for-mlock.patch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #716805 - CVE-2011-2497 kernel: bluetooth: buffer overflow in l2cap config request https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716805 [ 2 ] Bug #718152 - CVE-2011-2517 kernel: nl80211: missing check for valid SSID size in scan operations https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152 [ 3 ] Bug #710338 - kernel: ksm: race between ksmd and exiting task https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710338 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. 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