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Oracle alert ELSA-2011-1849 (kernel)

From:  Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux <el-errata@oracle.com>
To:  el-errata@oss.oracle.com
Subject:  [El-errata] ELSA-2011-1849 Important: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security and bug fix update
Date:  Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:14:00 -0800
Message-ID:  <4EFA18F8.9000004@oracle.com>
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2011-1849 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1849.html The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network: i386: kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SRPMS: http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-220... The following packages were rebuilt to be in sync with the updated kernel version (no changes other than updating the version number): i386: perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Description of changes: [2.6.32-220.2.1.el6] - [dm] fixing test for NULL pointer testing (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127} [2.6.32-220.1.1.el6] - [dm] do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the underlying device (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127} - [block] fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127} - [block] add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctl (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127} - [x86] amd: Fix align_va_addr kernel parameter (Frank Arnold) [758028 753237] - [md] RAID1: Do not call md_raid1_unplug_device while holding spinlock (Jonathan E Brassow) [755545 752528] - [pci] intel-iommu: Default to non-coherent for domains unattached to iommus (Don Dutile) [757671 746484] - [x86] initialize min_delta_ns in one_hpet_msi_clockevent() (Prarit Bhargava) [756426 728315] - [x86] Update hpet_next_event() (Prarit Bhargava) [756426 728315] - [kernel] sched: Use resched IPI to kick off the nohz idle balance (Vivek Goyal) [750459 717179] - [drm] i915: enable ring freq scaling, RC6 and graphics turbo on Ivy Bridge (Prarit Bhargava) [758513 752163] - [drm] i915: load a ring frequency scaling table (Prarit Bhargava) [758513 752163] - [x86] cpufreq: expose a cpufreq_quick_get_max routine (Prarit Bhargava) [758513 752163] - [sched] Cleanup/optimize clock updates (Larry Woodman) [751403 750237] - [sched] fix skip_clock_update optimization (Larry Woodman) [751403 750237] - [block] virtio-blk: Use ida to allocate disk index (Michael S. Tsirkin) [756427 692767] - [virt] virtio_blk: Replace cryptic number with the macro (Michael S. Tsirkin) [756427 692767] - [kernel] ida: simplified functions for id allocation (Michael S. Tsirkin) [756427 692767] - [virt] revert virtio-blk: Use ida to allocate disk index (Aristeu Rozanski) [756427 692767] _______________________________________________ El-errata mailing list El-errata@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/el-errata


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