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| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: kernel-xen-2.6-2.6.21-2957.fc8 |
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| Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:48:35 -0700 |
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-1433
2008-02-13 04:08:37
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Name : kernel-xen-2.6
Product : Fedora 8
Version : 2.6.21
Release : 2957.fc8
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
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.
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Update Information:
CVE-2008-0600 fix (bug #432517)
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ChangeLog:
* Tue Feb 12 2008 Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
- CVE-2008-0600 fix (bug #432517)
* Sat Feb 2 2008 Daniel Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
- Really turn on pciback module for x86_64
* Fri Feb 1 2008 Daniel Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
- Turn on pciback module for PCI passthrough on x86_64 (rhbz #388041)
* Mon Nov 19 2007 Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
- Re-add xen-hypervisor-abi provides. It was lost on the spec resync
(problem detected on updates-testing)
* Mon Nov 12 2007 Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
- Pull RPM spec changes from non-xen kernel
- Enabled -debuginfo packages (bug #336351)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #432517 - Vulnerability to CVE-2008-0600 (vmsplice)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update kernel-xen-2.6' 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
http://fedoraproject.org/keys
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