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Fedora alert FEDORA-2011-16237 (kernel)

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Subject:  [SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: kernel-3.1.2-1.fc16
Date:  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:32:16 +0000
Message-ID:  <20111125023217.66A1320B9A@bastion01.phx2.fedoraproject.org>
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2011-16237 2011-11-23 00:21:05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : kernel Product : Fedora 16 Version : 3.1.2 Release : 1.fc16 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: Update to kernel 3.1.2: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.2 Additional changes: - Partially fix reported stalls during heavy I/O - Fix problems with udev probing Wacom bluetooth tablets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Nov 22 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> 3.1.2-1 - Linux 3.1.2 * Sat Nov 19 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> 3.1.2-0.rc1.1 - Linux 3.1.2-rc1 * Wed Nov 16 2011 John W. Linville <linville@redhat.com> - Add compat-wireless as an option for kernel build * Tue Nov 15 2011 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> - mm: Do not stall in synchronous compaction for THP allocations * Tue Nov 15 2011 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> - Backport asus-laptop changes from 3.2 (rhbz 754214) * Mon Nov 14 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> - Patch from Joshua Roys to add rtl8192* to modules.networking (rhbz 753645) - Add patch for wacom tablets for Bastien Nocera (upstream 3797ef6b6) - Add patch to fix ip6_tunnel naming (rhbz 751165) - Quite warning in apm_cpu_idle (rhbz 753776) * Mon Nov 14 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> 3.1.1-2 - CVE-2011-4131: nfs4_getfacl decoding kernel oops (rhbz 753236) - CVE-2011-4132: jbd/jbd2: invalid value of first log block leads to oops (rhbz 753346) * Fri Nov 11 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> - Use the same naming scheme as rawhide for -stable RC kernels (e.g. 3.1.1-0.rc1.1 instead of 3.1.1-1.rc1) * Fri Nov 11 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> 3.1.1-1 - Linux 3.1.1 * Fri Nov 11 2011 John W. Linville <linville@redhat.com> - Remove overlap between bcma/b43 and brcmsmac and reenable bcm4331 * Thu Nov 10 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> - Sync samsung-laptop driver with what's in 3.2 (rhbz 747560) * Wed Nov 9 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> 3.1.1-1.rc1 - Linux 3.1.1-rc1 - Comment out merged patches, will drop when release is final: ums-realtek-driver-uses-stack-memory-for-DMA.patch epoll-fix-spurious-lockdep-warnings.patch crypto-register-cryptd-first.patch add-macbookair41-keyboard.patch powerpc-Fix-deadlock-in-icswx-code.patch iwlagn-fix-ht_params-NULL-pointer-dereference.patch mmc-Always-check-for-lower-base-frequency-quirk-for-.patch media-DiBcom-protect-the-I2C-bufer-access.patch media-dib0700-protect-the-dib0700-buffer-access.patch WMI-properly-cleanup-devices-to-avoid-crashes.patch mac80211-fix-remain_off_channel-regression.patch mac80211-config-hw-when-going-back-on-channel.patch * Wed Nov 9 2011 John W. Linville <linville@redhat.com> - Backport brcm80211 from 3.2-rc1 * Tue Nov 8 2011 Neil Horman <nhorman@redhat.com> - Add msi irq ennumeration per device in sysfs (rhbz 752176) * Mon Nov 7 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> - Add two patches to fix mac80211 issues (rhbz 731365) * Thu Nov 3 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> - Add commits queued for 3.2 for elantech driver (rhbz 728607) - Fix crash when setting brightness via Fn keys on ideapads (rhbz 748210) * Wed Nov 2 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> - Add patch to fix oops when removing wmi module (rhbz 706574) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #754214 - Backport Pegatron Lucid support for asus-laptop to Fedora 16 kernel (ExoPC, WeTab) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754214 [ 2 ] Bug #753645 - Missing realtek drivers in modules.networking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753645 [ 3 ] Bug #751165 - Tunnel Add problem in Fedora 15 since 2.6.40 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751165 [ 4 ] Bug #753776 - [abrt] kernel: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c:908 apm_cpu_idle+0x42/0x251() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753776 [ 5 ] Bug #756169 - CVE-2011-4110 kernel: keys: NULL pointer deref in the user-defined key type [f-16] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=756169 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-...


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