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Linux 2.6.16.2 Released

From: Chris Wright <chrisw <at> sous-sol.org>
Subject: Linux 2.6.16.21
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel
Date: 2006-06-20 09:42:39 GMT (1 day, 10 hours and 37 minutes ago)

We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.16.21 kernel.
This has a couple local DoS fixes, and a SCTP fix.

The diffstat and short summary of the fixes are below.

I'll also be replying to this message with a copy of the patch between
2.6.16.20 and 2.6.16.21, as it is small enough to do so.

The updated 2.6.16.y git tree can be found at:
 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
	www.kernel.org/git/

thanks,
-chris

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 Makefile                        |    2 -
 arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c |   11 ++++++++-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c |    2 +
 kernel/exit.c                   |    8 -------
 kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c       |   45 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 net/netfilter/xt_sctp.c         |    2 -
 6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

Summary of changes from v2.6.16.20 to v2.6.16.21
================================================

Chris Wright:
      Linux 2.6.16.21

Oleg Nesterov:
      check_process_timers: fix possible lockup
      run_posix_cpu_timers: remove a bogus BUG_ON() (CVE-2006-2445)

Patrick McHardy:
      xt_sctp: fix endless loop caused by 0 chunk length (CVE-2006-3085)

Paul Mackerras:
      powerpc: Fix machine check problem on 32-bit kernels (CVE-2006-2448)

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