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Fedora alert FEDORA-2007-679 (kernel)

From:  "Chuck Ebbert" <cebbert@redhat.com>
To:  fedora-package-announce@redhat.com
Subject:  [SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: kernel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6
Date:  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:38:29 -0400
Message-ID:  <200709042138.l84LcTqv029218@int-mx1.corp.redhat.com>

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2007-679 2007-09-04 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Product : Fedora Core 6 Name : kernel Version : 2.6.22.4 Release : 45.fc6 Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) 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 linux 2.6.22.3 and 2.6.22.4: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6... http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6... CVE-2007-3848: Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG). Update to 2.6.22.5-rc1. Highlights: ACPI fixes. Fix wrong temperature reports with some sensor chips. Four sky2 ethernet driver fixes. Fix detection of an AMD chip bug. Revert serial driver patch that broke port detection. Plus: Additional sky2 fix for some motherboards. --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Tue Aug 21 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> - 2.6.22.5-rc1 - fix e820 memory hole sizing on x86_64 - export GFS2 symbols for lock modules - sky2: don't clear PHY power bits * Tue Aug 21 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> - Linux 2.6.22.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be downloaded from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/u... a753debae6d6b0ce1df2c1d6dad853946e42a5de SRPMS/kernel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.src.rpm a753debae6d6b0ce1df2c1d6dad853946e42a5de noarch/kernel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.src.rpm 0b535deaf9c696897bdd2fa0dcaa4a06f1e578cf ppc/debug/kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.ppc.rpm 9a1a1cf7d7ebe7ce2a7457a1cdad54a5baa74673 ppc/kernel-smp-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.ppc.rpm a16bfebc6ece04bdcf306a390d50b4bb8672d968 ppc/kernel-headers-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.ppc.rpm 49ba86771ef60462dbb4f3de5651f7a43de31004 ppc/debug/kernel-smp-debuginfo-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.ppc.rpm 6cd0ddf9b7b9f1ae97cdf17195e5fbbfd3a9dedd ppc/kernel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.ppc.rpm 5b879237c3e26b602ea7725c4f651c14118fe1de ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.ppc.rpm 8c0d08672852159fae4727ba2633b9fc14985f48 ppc/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.ppc.rpm 9287b6f125b816cf95b8aff5c0cb6724d422ea6e ppc/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.ppc.rpm 2c86ffa774e46e2caa33b5b659f2de3d1fc3f972 ppc/kernel-doc-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.noarch.rpm 054b33c5f57341acf875d667cb5fb13492446b2c x86_64/kernel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.x86_64.rpm ad98cd024f39a585d37ff2b8348f974b69721468 x86_64/kernel-debug-devel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.x86_64.rpm efe4a097c73e254b876545989c319aa00597ea98 x86_64/debug/kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.x86_64.rpm 70da2f83304416ff9cb719549fd0ca296f27a506 x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.x86_64.rpm 50813b4d8623152857979e199d98a3a6b4747ec1 x86_64/kernel-devel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.x86_64.rpm dfb3ba0de5bebffd473f52e741d0052931654336 x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.x86_64.rpm a0ec81e8935a7e73dc4bc7460d53c161cb84c748 x86_64/kernel-headers-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.x86_64.rpm 440502a3447a200d2511677c1b4354ade91db410 x86_64/kernel-debug-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.x86_64.rpm 2c86ffa774e46e2caa33b5b659f2de3d1fc3f972 x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.noarch.rpm 2f7dabab38d633c3b861200f32f9c399f3d6b686 i386/kernel-headers-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i386.rpm a8494b8bad8ce2bdfacf616127dd2a7f00199244 i386/kernel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i586.rpm 17d6c5da9ab4bd89b3775a07662fee530707fb15 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i586.rpm ddd9951a5648f748b60931e06849cf602b2e9c70 i386/kernel-devel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i586.rpm 2d20dc1d2c9ad6867b8010430309dec96ce2283a i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i586.rpm de3ad498e6db678421c4095fec57cb7d35cc3ce8 i386/kernel-devel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm 66a25c43a54be6238ddd9cc93433a7443129e135 i386/kernel-debug-devel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm 926413d7dc70a0fab4dfb632fbd63f9245edede8 i386/kernel-PAE-debug-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm 1084d10ed032091bab351e6a0ecba3af98aab64e i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm 03f84604306b2a181b7dbc3fb98c3bdff50c3552 i386/kernel-PAE-debug-devel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm ed2aae9ce9aaa4499354ba243696af681376a75c i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm b8eb442c6c762a06098cae260f931471e2099551 i386/debug/kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm 9cb60c13d4abf9b875fd8c5dd49e531e7519435b i386/kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm d0dd7c18d3686bd241f5bc57cb7430d1a2d1ceb2 i386/debug/kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm 030e149df1abcb0151c898e31b40218d33712528 i386/kernel-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm e8ce96638986d5695247c8a1ea6f0d4dadbc73fa i386/kernel-PAE-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm 6b370a41eb9b92bf3835fd4927c7d0cfa95e4980 i386/kernel-debug-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm f0a98ac558d318d42c6fb4faa7962fc861b03602 i386/debug/kernel-PAE-debug-debuginfo-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.i686.rpm 2c86ffa774e46e2caa33b5b659f2de3d1fc3f972 i386/kernel-doc-2.6.22.4-45.fc6.noarch.rpm This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/. --------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-ann...


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