Miscellaneous Included Packages

kernel: the linux kernel (the core of the linux operating system)

Name:kernel Vendor:Scientific Linux
Version:2.6.9 License:GPLv2
Release:22.0.2.EL URL:
Summary
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.

Arch: i686

Download:kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.i686.rpm
Build Date:Tue Jan 17 09:49:40 2006
Packager:
Size:23.79 MiB

Changelog

* Thu Jan 5 18:00:00 2006 Jason Baron <jbaron{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-22.0.2]
-prevent panic caused by invalid arguments to set_mempolicy (Larry Woodman) [175683] {CVE-2005-3358}
-fix auto-reap DoS (Peter Staubach) [174078] {CVE-2005-3784}
-fix kernel memory disclosure via /proc exploit (Jason Baron) [176812] {CVE-2005-4605}
* Thu Dec 22 18:00:00 2005 Jason Baron <jbaron{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-22.0.1.1]
-sys_get_thread_area has minor info leak (Larry Woodman) [168777] {CVE-2005-3276}
-fix gzip/zlib flaws (Peter Staubach) [165679] {CAN-2005-2458}
-fix exec_mmap race  DoS (Dave Anderson) [170262] {CAN-2005-3106}
-fix sysctl races (Alexander Viro) [168924] {CVE-2005-2709}
-fix HFS oops (Peter Staubach) [171002] {CVE-2005-3109}
-update sg_io verify_command list (Mike Christie) [158861] {CVE-2004-1190}
-fix message queue refcounting (Alexander Viro) [169130] {CVE-2005-3556}
-fix lost fput and sockfd_put could lead to DoS (Alexander Viro) [168659] {CVE-2005-3044}
-fix gdb crashes on hugemem (Dave Anderson) [171980]
-fix /proc/scsi/scsi DoS (Doug Ledford) [167696] {CVE-2005-2800}
-fix lease printk DoS (Peter Staubach) [174337] {CVE-2005-3857}
-fix dst_entry leak DoS (Thomas Graf) [174345] {CVE-2005-3848}
-fix ip6_input_finish DoS (Thomas Graf) [174343] {CVE-2005-3858}
-fix ipv6 flowlabel DOS (Thomas Graf) [174081] {CVE-2005-3806}
-fix IGMP DoS
* Tue Oct 18 19:00:00 2005 Jason Baron <jbaron{%}redhat{*}com> [2.6.9-22.0.1]
-orinoco: plug etherleak (John Linville) [170277] {CAN-2005-3180}
-fix sys_set_mempolicy() bounds check (Larry Woodman) [168993] {CAN-2005-3053}
-fix race in ebtables (James Morris) [170268] {CAN-2005-3110}
-fix memory leak in key management (David Howells) [170274] {CAN-2005-3119}
-fix names_cache memory leak (David Woodhouse) [170283] {CAN-2005-3181}
-fix ip_queue crash (James Morris) [167389]
-x86_64: iounmap fix [168217 160135 170264] {CAN-2005-3108}
-x86_64: add pageattr text mapping (Jim Paradis) [170154]
-fix NX text/large-page interaction [163238 168936]

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