-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2012-8314 2012-05-24 15:29:31 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : kernel Product : Fedora 17 Version : 3.3.7 Release : 1.fc17 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: The 3.3.7 stable kernel contains a number of important bug fixes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Mon May 21 2012 Justin M. Forbes <[email protected]> 3.3.7-1 - Linux 3.3.7 - Disable CONFIG_RELOCATABLE for 32bit builds. Turn back on for 3.4 * Fri May 18 2012 Josh Boyer <[email protected]> - Additional fixes for CVE-2011-4131 (rhbz 822874 822869) * Thu May 17 2012 Josh Boyer <[email protected]> - Fix rtlwifi async firmware load race condition (rhbz 822120) - Enable cpu_idle drivers for ppc64/pseries (requested by Ben Herrenschmidt) * Wed May 16 2012 Dennis Gilmore <[email protected]> - set arch for arm kernel to VEXPRESS allows v7 emulation - enable SMP everywhere but disable on kirkwood as its up only * Wed May 16 2012 Justin M. Forbes <[email protected]> 3.3.6-3 - fix rtl8187: ->brightness_set can not sleep (rhbz 795176) * Wed May 16 2012 Josh Boyer <[email protected]> - Update the vgaarb patches to pick up a small switcheroo fix from airlied * Tue May 15 2012 Dennis Gilmore <[email protected]> - add patch to setup usb correctly on beagleboards - allows networking to work * Tue May 15 2012 Josh Boyer <[email protected]> - Fixup atl1c register programming (rhbz 749276) * Mon May 14 2012 Justin M. Forbes <[email protected]> 3.3.6-1 - Linux 3.3.6 * Mon May 14 2012 Josh Boyer <[email protected]> - Enable DRM_VIA again per Adam Jackson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #822869 - CVE-2012-2375 kernel: incomplete fix for CVE-2011-4131 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822869 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-announce
