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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-8264
2009-08-04 23:59:50
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 10
Version     : 2.6.27.29
Release     : 170.2.78.fc10
URL         : https://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.

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Update Information:

Update to linux kernel 2.6.27.29:
    Fixes
security bugs:  CVE-2009-1895  CVE-2009-2406  CVE-2009-2407    Adds -fno-delete-
null-pointer-checks gcc compile flag to protect against issues similar to
CVE-2009-1897.
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Jul 31 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.29-170.2.78
- The kernel package needs to override the new rpm %install behavior.
* Thu Jul 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.29-170.2.77
- Linux 2.6.27.29
* Wed Jul 29 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.29-170.2.75.rc1
- Linux 2.6.27.29-rc1 (CVE-2009-2406, CVE-2009-2407)
- Drop linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-avoid-losing-msi-interrupts.patch, now in -stable.
* Wed Jul 29 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.28-170.2.74
- Don't bounce virtio_blk requests (#510304)
* Mon Jul 27 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.28-170.2.73
- Linux 2.6.27.28 (CVE-2009-1895, CVE-2009-1897)
  Dropped patches, merged in stable:
    linux-2.6-kbuild-fix-unifdef.c-usage-of-getline.patch
    linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-fix-lg-pkt-crash.patch
  New config item:
    CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR=32768
* Sat Jun 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.25-170.2.72
- Copy fixes from latest F-9:
    kvm-make-efer-reads-safe-when-efer-does-not-exist.patch
    linux-2.6-dev-zero-avoid-oom-lockup.patch
    linux-2.6-parport-quickfix-the-proc-registration-bug.patch
* Sat Jun 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.25-170.2.70
- Update r8169 network driver to the version in Fedora 9:
  the 2.6.30 version + fixes from 2.6.31
* Sat Jun 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.25-170.2.69
- Linux 2.6.27.25
- Dropped patches merged upstream in -stable:
    linux-2.6-x86-workaround-failures-on-intel-atom.patch
    ext4.git*
    linux-2.6-ext4*
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.24-170.2.68
- Enable Divas (formerly Eicon) ISDN drivers on x86_64. (#480837)
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.24-170.2.67
- Enable sfc driver for Solarflare SFC4000 network adapter (#499392)
  (disabled on powerpc)
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.24-170.2.66
- Add workaround for Intel Atom erratum AAH41 (#499803)
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.24-170.2.65
- Allow building the F-10 2.6.27 kernel on F-11.
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.24-170.2.64
- ext4 fixes from Fedora 11:
    linux-2.6-ext4-clear-unwritten-flag.patch
    linux-2.6-ext4-fake-delalloc-bno.patch
    linux-2.6-ext4-fix-i_cached_extent-race.patch
    linux-2.6-ext4-prealloc-fixes.patch
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.24-170.2.63
- Merge official ext4 patches headed for -stable.
- Drop ext4 patches we already had:
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-header-check.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-print-warning-once.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bogus-bug-ons-in-mballoc.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bb-prealloc-list-corruption.patch
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.24-170.2.62
- Add patches from Fedora 9:
  Update the atl2 network driver to version 2.0.5
  KVM: don't allow access to the EFER from 32-bit x86 guests
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.24-170.2.61
- Linux 2.6.27.24
- Fix up execshield, utrace, r8169 and drm patches for .24
* Mon Apr 13 2009 John W. Linville   2.6.27.21-170.2.60
- Remove iwl3945: rely on priv->lock to protect priv access
* Tue Apr  7 2009 John W. Linville   2.6.27.21-170.2.59
- iwlwifi: remove implicit direct scan
* Thu Apr  2 2009 John W. Linville   2.6.27.21-170.2.58
- iwl3945: rely on priv->lock to protect priv access
* Mon Mar 23 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.21-170.2.56
- 2.6.27.21
- Dropped patches, merged in -stable:
  linux-2.6.27-alsa-fix-vunmap-and-free-order.patch
  linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-fix-dma-mask-for-ati-controllers.patch
  linux-2.6.27-alsa-mixart-fix-lock-imbalance.patch
  linux-2.6.27-alsa-pcm-oss-fix-locking-typo.patch
  linux-2.6-nfsd-drop-cap-mknod-for-non-root.patch
  linux-2.6-nfsd-provide-encode-routine-for-op-openattr.patch
  add-fwrapv-to-cflags.patch
  linux-2.6.27-fix-video_open.patch (partial)
* Fri Mar 20 2009 Kyle McMartin  2.6.27.20-170.2.55
- add-fwrapv-to-cflags.patch: avoid gcc optimizing away wrapping arithmetic.
* Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.20-170.2.54
- Add Dell Vostro to i8042 nomux quirk list (#490250)
* Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.20-170.2.53
- ALSA fixes headed for -stable:
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-fix-vunmap-and-free-order.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-fix-dma-mask-for-ati-controllers.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-workaround-for-buggy-dma-on-ati.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-workaround-for-buggy-dma-on-via.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-mixart-fix-lock-imbalance.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-pcm-oss-fix-locking-typo.patch
* Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.20-170.2.52
- Two nfsd fixes headed for -stable:
    linux-2.6-nfsd-drop-cap-mknod-for-non-root.patch
    linux-2.6-nfsd-provide-encode-routine-for-op-openattr.patch
* Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.20-170.2.51
- Two small ext4 fixes from 2.6.29:
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bb-prealloc-list-corruption.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bogus-bug-ons-in-mballoc.patch
* Tue Mar 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.20-170.2.50
- 2.6.27.20
* Tue Mar 17 2009 Jarod Wilson  2.6.27.20-170.2.49.rc1
- Always default to softcarrier=1 in lirc_serial (#479576)
* Mon Mar 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert   2.6.27.20-170.2.48.rc1
- Build VIA Padlock driver on PAE kernels (#490405)
- Padlock cannot be built for x86_64.
* Fri Mar 13 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.20-170.2.47.rc1
- ext4 patches from rawhide:
    Kill off distracting warning messages.
    Fix checking of on-disk extent headers.
* Fri Mar 13 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.20-170.2.46.rc1
- 2.6.27.20-rc1
- Dropped patches, merged in -stable:
    linux-2.6-x86-64-fix-int-0x80-enosys-return.patch
    linux-2.6-x86-mtrr-kill-bogus-warning.patch
    ext4.git*
    selinux-netlabel_setsockopt_fix.patch
    linux-2.6-libata-make-sure-port-is-thawed.patch
* Wed Mar 11 2009 Kyle McMartin 
- linux-2.6-execshield.patch:
   Fix from H.J. Lu, arch_get_unmapped_exec_area is only appropriate for
   32-bit mmap currently.
* Tue Mar 10 2009 Jarod Wilson  2.6.27.19-170.2.44
- Un-muck-up hdpvr patch update -- can't use 2.6.29 features that aren't in 2.6.27...
* Mon Mar  9 2009 Dennis Gilmore  2.6.27.19-170.2.43
- add cs4231 ebus dma patch
* Sat Mar  7 2009 Jarod Wilson  2.6.27.19-170.2.42
- hdpvr: add addtional device IDs and permit functioning w/latest firmwares
* Thu Mar  5 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.19-170.2.41
- Add ext4 stable patch queue.
- Drop linux-2.6-ext4-ENOSPC-debug.patch, replaced by upstream stable patch.
* Thu Mar  5 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.19-170.2.40
- Fix endless error message spew from sata_nv in 2.6.27.19 (#488371)
* Thu Mar  5 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.19-170.2.39
- Add ALSA HDA probe_mask quirks from 2.6.29-rc7 (F11#485295)
* Thu Feb 26 2009 John W. Linville 
- Add dcbw's back-port patches to age scan results on resume
* Tue Feb 24 2009 Kyle McMartin 
- drm-edid-revision-0-should-be-valid.patch: bz476735, allow edid
  read on edid 1.0 monitors.
* Tue Feb 24 2009 Jarod Wilson  2.6.27.19-170.2.36
- Fix NULL ptr deref in cx23885 video_open function that triggered
  an oops on systems w/both an HVR-1800 and HVR-1250, which prevented
  the analog side of the 1800 from working
- Fix NULL ptr deref in v4l2 video_open function that triggers when
  running the uvcvideo stress-test
* Mon Feb 23 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.19-170.2.35
- Fix bug in ext4 patch queue.
* Mon Feb 23 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.19-170.2.34
- Add ext4 stable patch queue from:
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git;a=shortlog;h=for-stable-2.6.27
* Sun Feb 22 2009 Kyle McMartin  2.6.27.19-170.2.33
- Add patch from Paul Moore to fix setsockopt when netlabel is in use (ie:
   when selinux is enabled.) resolves bz#486225.
* Sat Feb 21 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.19-170.2.32
- Set X86_MSR=y and X86_CPUID=y on 32-bit kernel.
- Copy ext4 ENOSPC fix from rawhide.
* Sat Feb 21 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.19-170.2.31
- 2.6.27.19
* Sat Feb 21 2009 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.19-170-2.30.rc1
- Fix from upstream multi-master fixes for radeon suspend/resume
* Wed Feb 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.19-170.2.29.rc1
- 2.6.27.19-rc1
  Dropped patches (merged upstream):
    linux-2.6.27.14-ext4-fix-cache-init.patch
    linux-2.6.27.14-ext4-fix-dont-allow-new-groups.patch
    linux-2.6.27.14-ext4-patch-queue.patch
* Wed Feb 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.18-170.2.28
- Fix bug in x86-64 syscall error handling (#484871)
- Replace x86 MTRR warning patch with better upstream fix.
* Tue Feb 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.18-170.2.27
- Fix e1000e Tx unit hang, enable ECC on parts that support it.
* Tue Feb 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.18-170.2.26
- 2.6.27.18
  Dropped patches (merged upstream):
    linux-2.6-x86-pci-amd-config-space.patch
    linux-2.6-usb-option-add-pantech-cards-R.patch
    linux-2.6-hid-adjust-fixup-for-ms-1028-receiver.patch
    linux-2.6-libata-fix-ata-id-is-cfa.patch
    linux-2.6-libata-fix-eh-device-failure-handling.patch
    linux-2.6-apple-wireless-keyboard-fix.patch
* Tue Feb 17 2009 Ben Skeggs  2.6.27.18-170.2.25
- Bring in nouveau patchset from 2.6.29 kernel: fixes, support for more chips
* Wed Feb 11 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.15-78.2.24
- Fix more ext4 patch queue problems.
  (https://marc.info/;m=123433917809157&w=2)
* Wed Feb 11 2009 Jarod Wilson  2.6.27.15-170.2.23
- Make Apple wireless keyboards behave as expected (#483168)
* Tue Feb 10 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.15-170.2.22
- Fix oops caused by misapplied chunk in the ext4 patchset (#484972)
* Tue Feb 10 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.15-170.2.21
- Fix detection of slave ATA devices on pata_sch (#467457)
* Mon Feb  9 2009 Kyle McMartin  2.6.27.15-170.2.20
- Enable CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP, to enable support for more than 8 cpus,
  since we have NR_CPUS=32...
* Fri Feb  6 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.15-170.2.19
- 2.6.27.15
  Dropped patches (merged in .27.15):
  linux-2.6-input-atkbd-broaden-dell-signatures.patch
  linux-2.6-input-atkbd-samsung-nc10-key-repeat-fix.patch
* Fri Feb  6 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.15-170.2.18.rc1
- Copy kvmclock fix from our 2.6.29 kernel.
* Wed Feb  4 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.15-170.2.17.rc1
- libata: detect modern CF devices properly
- libata: drop link speed when errors happen on reset (#483351)
* Wed Feb  4 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.15-170.2.16.rc1
- 2.6.27.15-rc1
- Add ext4 stable patch queue.
* Wed Feb  4 2009 Kyle McMartin  2.6.27.14-170.2.15
- Print DMI product name in WARN{,_ON} dumps, backported from 2.6.29.
* Tue Feb  3 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.14-170.2.14
- Revert -stable patch that broke wireless broadband for some users. (#481401)
* Tue Feb  3 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.14-170.2.13
- Fix media keys on MS wireless keyboard (#475398)
* Mon Feb  2 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.14-170.2.12
- Fix slow data upload with USB wireless modem (#473252)
* Mon Feb  2 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.14-170.2.11
- 2.6.27.14
* Fri Jan 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.14-170.2.10.rc1
- 2.6.27.14-rc1
* Fri Jan 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.13-170.2.9
- Fix oops in toshiba_acpi driver (#470215)
* Fri Jan 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.13-170.2.8
- Add keyboard quirks for more systems:
  Some Dell machines have a different vendor name in DMI.
  Samsung NC10 doesn't generate keyup for some keys.
* Wed Jan 28 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.13-170.2.7
- Drop sctp patch marged in 2.6.27.13
* Mon Jan 26 2009 Kyle McMartin  2.6.27.13-170.2.6
- 2.6.27.13 final
* Tue Jan 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 
- ath5k: ignore the return value of ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration
  (backport to 2.6.27)
- rtl8187: feedback transmitted packets using tx close descriptor for 8187B
* Tue Jan 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.12-170.2.4
- Fix CVE-2009-0065: SCTP buffer overflow
* Tue Jan 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.12-170.2.3
- Revert ALSA to what is upstream in 2.6.27.
* Mon Jan 19 2009 Kyle McMartin 
- Linux 2.6.27.12
- linux-2.6-iwlagn-downgrade-BUG_ON-in-interrupt.patch: merged
- linux-2.6-iwlwifi-use-GFP_KERNEL-to-allocate-Rx-SKB-memory.patch: merged
* Mon Jan 19 2009 Kyle McMartin 
- Roll in xen changes to execshield diff as in later kernels.
* Mon Jan 19 2009 Kyle McMartin 
- execshield fixes: should no longer generate spurious handled GPFs,
  fixes randomization of executables. also some clean ups.
* Sun Jan 11 2009 Dave Jones 
- Don't use MAXSMP on x86-64
* Wed Jan  7 2009 Roland McGrath  - 2.6.27.10-169
- utrace update
* Tue Jan  6 2009 Eric Sandeen  2.6.27.10-168
- ext4 - delay capable() checks in space accounting (#478299)
* Tue Dec 23 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.10-167
- drm - fix issue with second driver opening DRI
* Mon Dec 22 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.10-166
- Hopefully fix broken headphone output on some Dell notebooks.
* Fri Dec 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.10-165
- Linux 2.6.27.10
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-lib-idr-fix-bug-introduced-by-rcu-fix.patch
    linux-2.6.27.7-vmi-fix-crash-on-boot.patch
    linux-2.6.27.5-sched_clock-prevent-scd-clock-from-moving-backwards.patch
    linux-2.6-iwlagn-fix-rx-skb-alignment.patch
  Dropped from firewire-git-pending:
    firewire: fw-ohci: fix possible IOMMU resource exhaustion
* Fri Dec 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-164
- Disable PATA_HPT3X3_DMA (from F11.)
* Thu Dec 18 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.9-163
- radeon drm: fix broken caching bits in radeon which broke AGP
* Wed Dec 17 2008 John W. Linville  2.6.27.9-162
- iwlwifi: use GFP_KERNEL to allocate Rx SKB memory
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Kyle McMartin  2.6.27.9-161
- Re-enable input beep code, but disable it by default.
  Added:
   linux-2.6-alsa-backport-beep-switch.patch
   linux-2.6-defaults-alsa-hda-beep-off.patch
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-160
- Disable AC97 audio driver power savings by default.
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-159
- Disable input beep feature in Intel HDA sound driver.
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-158
- Fix the CDROM door status patch right this time. (from rawhide)
* Mon Dec 15 2008 John W. Linville  2.6.27.9-157
- iwlagn: fix RX skb alignment
* Mon Dec 15 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-156
- Revert -stable patch that causes suspend problems (L-K BZ 12149, 12155)
* Sun Dec 14 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-155
- Linux 2.6.27.9
* Sat Dec 13 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway  2.6.27.9-154.rc2
- pull patch from davem sparc-2.6 git branch to add ebus_dma.h
* Sat Dec 13 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway  2.6.27.9-153.rc2
- Add "scsi_esp_register" to the search terms for modules.block so we pick up sun_esp.ko
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-152.rc2
- Enable input beep feature in Intel HDA sound driver.
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-151.rc2
- Linux 2.6.27.9-rc2
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-150.rc1
- Fix VMI crash on boot introduced in 2.6.27.7 (#476062)
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.9-149.rc1
- Linux 2.6.27.9-rc1
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-net-atm-CVE-2008-5079.patch
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.8-148
- Fix IDR allocator bug introduced in 2.6.27.8
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.8-147
- modeset - fix AGP without kms + fix endian parser/pll programming
* Wed Dec 10 2008 Jarod Wilson  2.6.27.8-146
- Plug DMA memory leak in firewire drivers (#475156)
* Wed Dec 10 2008 Hans de Goede  2.6.27.8-145
- Fix vc0321 based webcams (rh 474990)
* Tue Dec  9 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.8-144
- Revert idr patch from 2.6.27.8 that caused DRM breakage.
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.8-143
- ATM security fix (CVE-2008-5079)
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.8-142
- Scheduler fixes from 2.6.28
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.8-141
- Stop the pciehp driver from filling the log with status messages.
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.8-140
- Linux 2.6.27.8
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-x86-sb600-skip-acpi-irq0-override-if-not-routed-to-int2.patch
    linux-2.6-x86-more-general-id-for-phoenix-bios.patch
    linux-2.6-xen-dont-reserve-2-pages-of-padding.patch
    linux-2.6-usb-ehci-fix-sb700-subsystem-hang.patch
    linux-2.6-usb-usbmon-fix-read.patch
    linux-2.6-libata-avoid-overflow-with-large-disks.patch
    linux-2.6-pci-fix-pciehp.patch
    linux-2.6-input.git-atkbd-add-quirk-for-inventec.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-2.6.28-backport-fixups.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-2.6.28-rc3-git6.patch
  Added patches:
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-rename-ext4dev-to-ext4.patch
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.7-139
- ALSA 1.0.18a
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-alsa-ac97-whitelist.patch
    linux-2.6-alsa-ac97-whitelist-AD1981B.patch
    linux-2.6-alsa-revo51-headphone.patch
    linux-2.6-olpc-speaker-out.patch
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.7-138
- Fix PCI config space size on AMD Barcelona.
* Wed Dec  3 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.7-137
- Update applesmc driver to 2.6.28-rc7-git1
  Adds: module autoloading
* Wed Dec  3 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.7-136
- radeon: fix AGP harder than the last time.
* Tue Dec  2 2008 John W. Linville  2.6.27.7-135
- Backported ath9k DMA fixes from pre-2.6.28
- Drop patch to disable ath9k when swiotlb is in use
* Tue Dec  2 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.7-134
- radeon: fix IGP aperture sizing (#473895)
* Mon Dec  1 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.7-133
- drm-next.patch: drm/intel: fix VT switch issue harder.
* Sun Nov 30 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.7-132
- radeon: another AGP fix for r500 cards falling back to PCIE
* Sun Nov 30 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.7-131
- radeon: fix card posting, module unload and radeon AGP issues
* Thu Nov 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.7-130
- Additional fixes for 64K lowmem reservation:
  - More general matching for Phoenix BIOS
  - Fix Xen when low 64K is reserved
* Thu Nov 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.7-129
- Update applesmc driver to 2.6.28-rc6-git1
  Adds: iMac 5/6/8, Macbook 4/5, Macbook Pro 5, generic MacPro
* Thu Nov 27 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.7-128
- drm: intel rebase with upstream fixes - radeon add larger GART size
* Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.7-127
- Two USB patches scheduled for the next -stable release.
* Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.7-126
- Fix Zepto notebook multimedia keys (F9#460237)
- Fix Dell XPS 1530 trackpad (F9#448656)
* Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.7-125
- Linux 2.6.27.7
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6.27-sony-laptop-suspend-fix.patch
    linux-2.6-hostap-skb-cb-hack.patch
    linux-2.6-wireless-iwlagn-avoid-sleep-in-softirq.patch
* Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert  2.6.27.6-124
- Linux 2.6.27.6
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-acpi-dock-avoid-check-sta-method.patch
    linux-2.6-blk-cciss-fix-regression-sysfs-symlink-missing.patch
  Updated patch:
    linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-2.6.28.patch
  New config variable:
    CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K=y
* Mon Nov 24 2008 Dave Airlie  2.6.27.5-123
- radeon: hopefully fix rs690 and rs480 GART invalidation
* Wed Nov 19 2008 Dave Jones  2.6.27.5-122
- selinux: recognize netlink messages for 'ip addrlabel' (#469423)
* Wed Nov 19 2008 Hans de Goede  2.6.27.5-121
- Update uvcvideo to latest git
- Patch uvcvideo to not make older logitech cams crash (bz 472217)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #511171 - CVE-2009-1895 kernel: personality: fix PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511171
  [ 2 ] Bug #512861 - CVE-2009-2406 kernel: ecryptfs stack overflow in parse_tag_11_packet()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512861
  [ 3 ] Bug #512885 - CVE-2009-2407 kernel: ecryptfs heap overflow in parse_tag_3_packet()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512885
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Fedora 10 Update: kernel-2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10

August 4, 2009
Update to linux kernel 2.6.27.29: Fixes security bugs: CVE-2009-1895 CVE-2009-2406 CVE-2009-2407 Adds -fno-delete- null-pointer-checks gcc compile flag to protect agains...

Summary

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 kernel 2.6.27.29: Fixes security bugs: CVE-2009-1895 CVE-2009-2406 CVE-2009-2407 Adds -fno-delete- null-pointer-checks gcc compile flag to protect against issues similar to CVE-2009-1897.

Change Log

* Fri Jul 31 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.29-170.2.78 - The kernel package needs to override the new rpm %install behavior. * Thu Jul 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.29-170.2.77 - Linux 2.6.27.29 * Wed Jul 29 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.29-170.2.75.rc1 - Linux 2.6.27.29-rc1 (CVE-2009-2406, CVE-2009-2407) - Drop linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-avoid-losing-msi-interrupts.patch, now in -stable. * Wed Jul 29 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.28-170.2.74 - Don't bounce virtio_blk requests (#510304) * Mon Jul 27 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.28-170.2.73 - Linux 2.6.27.28 (CVE-2009-1895, CVE-2009-1897) Dropped patches, merged in stable: linux-2.6-kbuild-fix-unifdef.c-usage-of-getline.patch linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-fix-lg-pkt-crash.patch New config item: CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR=32768 * Sat Jun 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.25-170.2.72 - Copy fixes from latest F-9: kvm-make-efer-reads-safe-when-efer-does-not-exist.patch linux-2.6-dev-zero-avoid-oom-lockup.patch linux-2.6-parport-quickfix-the-proc-registration-bug.patch * Sat Jun 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.25-170.2.70 - Update r8169 network driver to the version in Fedora 9: the 2.6.30 version + fixes from 2.6.31 * Sat Jun 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.25-170.2.69 - Linux 2.6.27.25 - Dropped patches merged upstream in -stable: linux-2.6-x86-workaround-failures-on-intel-atom.patch ext4.git* linux-2.6-ext4* * Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.24-170.2.68 - Enable Divas (formerly Eicon) ISDN drivers on x86_64. (#480837) * Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.24-170.2.67 - Enable sfc driver for Solarflare SFC4000 network adapter (#499392) (disabled on powerpc) * Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.24-170.2.66 - Add workaround for Intel Atom erratum AAH41 (#499803) * Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.24-170.2.65 - Allow building the F-10 2.6.27 kernel on F-11. * Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.24-170.2.64 - ext4 fixes from Fedora 11: linux-2.6-ext4-clear-unwritten-flag.patch linux-2.6-ext4-fake-delalloc-bno.patch linux-2.6-ext4-fix-i_cached_extent-race.patch linux-2.6-ext4-prealloc-fixes.patch * Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.24-170.2.63 - Merge official ext4 patches headed for -stable. - Drop ext4 patches we already had: linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-header-check.patch linux-2.6.27-ext4-print-warning-once.patch linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bogus-bug-ons-in-mballoc.patch linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bb-prealloc-list-corruption.patch * Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.24-170.2.62 - Add patches from Fedora 9: Update the atl2 network driver to version 2.0.5 KVM: don't allow access to the EFER from 32-bit x86 guests * Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.24-170.2.61 - Linux 2.6.27.24 - Fix up execshield, utrace, r8169 and drm patches for .24 * Mon Apr 13 2009 John W. Linville 2.6.27.21-170.2.60 - Remove iwl3945: rely on priv->lock to protect priv access * Tue Apr 7 2009 John W. Linville 2.6.27.21-170.2.59 - iwlwifi: remove implicit direct scan * Thu Apr 2 2009 John W. Linville 2.6.27.21-170.2.58 - iwl3945: rely on priv->lock to protect priv access * Mon Mar 23 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.21-170.2.56 - 2.6.27.21 - Dropped patches, merged in -stable: linux-2.6.27-alsa-fix-vunmap-and-free-order.patch linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-fix-dma-mask-for-ati-controllers.patch linux-2.6.27-alsa-mixart-fix-lock-imbalance.patch linux-2.6.27-alsa-pcm-oss-fix-locking-typo.patch linux-2.6-nfsd-drop-cap-mknod-for-non-root.patch linux-2.6-nfsd-provide-encode-routine-for-op-openattr.patch add-fwrapv-to-cflags.patch linux-2.6.27-fix-video_open.patch (partial) * Fri Mar 20 2009 Kyle McMartin 2.6.27.20-170.2.55 - add-fwrapv-to-cflags.patch: avoid gcc optimizing away wrapping arithmetic. * Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.20-170.2.54 - Add Dell Vostro to i8042 nomux quirk list (#490250) * Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.20-170.2.53 - ALSA fixes headed for -stable: linux-2.6.27-alsa-fix-vunmap-and-free-order.patch linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-fix-dma-mask-for-ati-controllers.patch linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-workaround-for-buggy-dma-on-ati.patch linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-workaround-for-buggy-dma-on-via.patch linux-2.6.27-alsa-mixart-fix-lock-imbalance.patch linux-2.6.27-alsa-pcm-oss-fix-locking-typo.patch * Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.20-170.2.52 - Two nfsd fixes headed for -stable: linux-2.6-nfsd-drop-cap-mknod-for-non-root.patch linux-2.6-nfsd-provide-encode-routine-for-op-openattr.patch * Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.20-170.2.51 - Two small ext4 fixes from 2.6.29: linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bb-prealloc-list-corruption.patch linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bogus-bug-ons-in-mballoc.patch * Tue Mar 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.20-170.2.50 - 2.6.27.20 * Tue Mar 17 2009 Jarod Wilson 2.6.27.20-170.2.49.rc1 - Always default to softcarrier=1 in lirc_serial (#479576) * Mon Mar 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.20-170.2.48.rc1 - Build VIA Padlock driver on PAE kernels (#490405) - Padlock cannot be built for x86_64. * Fri Mar 13 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.20-170.2.47.rc1 - ext4 patches from rawhide: Kill off distracting warning messages. Fix checking of on-disk extent headers. * Fri Mar 13 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.20-170.2.46.rc1 - 2.6.27.20-rc1 - Dropped patches, merged in -stable: linux-2.6-x86-64-fix-int-0x80-enosys-return.patch linux-2.6-x86-mtrr-kill-bogus-warning.patch ext4.git* selinux-netlabel_setsockopt_fix.patch linux-2.6-libata-make-sure-port-is-thawed.patch * Wed Mar 11 2009 Kyle McMartin - linux-2.6-execshield.patch: Fix from H.J. Lu, arch_get_unmapped_exec_area is only appropriate for 32-bit mmap currently. * Tue Mar 10 2009 Jarod Wilson 2.6.27.19-170.2.44 - Un-muck-up hdpvr patch update -- can't use 2.6.29 features that aren't in 2.6.27... * Mon Mar 9 2009 Dennis Gilmore 2.6.27.19-170.2.43 - add cs4231 ebus dma patch * Sat Mar 7 2009 Jarod Wilson 2.6.27.19-170.2.42 - hdpvr: add addtional device IDs and permit functioning w/latest firmwares * Thu Mar 5 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.19-170.2.41 - Add ext4 stable patch queue. - Drop linux-2.6-ext4-ENOSPC-debug.patch, replaced by upstream stable patch. * Thu Mar 5 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.19-170.2.40 - Fix endless error message spew from sata_nv in 2.6.27.19 (#488371) * Thu Mar 5 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.19-170.2.39 - Add ALSA HDA probe_mask quirks from 2.6.29-rc7 (F11#485295) * Thu Feb 26 2009 John W. Linville - Add dcbw's back-port patches to age scan results on resume * Tue Feb 24 2009 Kyle McMartin - drm-edid-revision-0-should-be-valid.patch: bz476735, allow edid read on edid 1.0 monitors. * Tue Feb 24 2009 Jarod Wilson 2.6.27.19-170.2.36 - Fix NULL ptr deref in cx23885 video_open function that triggered an oops on systems w/both an HVR-1800 and HVR-1250, which prevented the analog side of the 1800 from working - Fix NULL ptr deref in v4l2 video_open function that triggers when running the uvcvideo stress-test * Mon Feb 23 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.19-170.2.35 - Fix bug in ext4 patch queue. * Mon Feb 23 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.19-170.2.34 - Add ext4 stable patch queue from: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git;a=shortlog;h=for-stable-2.6.27 * Sun Feb 22 2009 Kyle McMartin 2.6.27.19-170.2.33 - Add patch from Paul Moore to fix setsockopt when netlabel is in use (ie: when selinux is enabled.) resolves bz#486225. * Sat Feb 21 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.19-170.2.32 - Set X86_MSR=y and X86_CPUID=y on 32-bit kernel. - Copy ext4 ENOSPC fix from rawhide. * Sat Feb 21 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.19-170.2.31 - 2.6.27.19 * Sat Feb 21 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.19-170-2.30.rc1 - Fix from upstream multi-master fixes for radeon suspend/resume * Wed Feb 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.19-170.2.29.rc1 - 2.6.27.19-rc1 Dropped patches (merged upstream): linux-2.6.27.14-ext4-fix-cache-init.patch linux-2.6.27.14-ext4-fix-dont-allow-new-groups.patch linux-2.6.27.14-ext4-patch-queue.patch * Wed Feb 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.18-170.2.28 - Fix bug in x86-64 syscall error handling (#484871) - Replace x86 MTRR warning patch with better upstream fix. * Tue Feb 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.18-170.2.27 - Fix e1000e Tx unit hang, enable ECC on parts that support it. * Tue Feb 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.18-170.2.26 - 2.6.27.18 Dropped patches (merged upstream): linux-2.6-x86-pci-amd-config-space.patch linux-2.6-usb-option-add-pantech-cards-R.patch linux-2.6-hid-adjust-fixup-for-ms-1028-receiver.patch linux-2.6-libata-fix-ata-id-is-cfa.patch linux-2.6-libata-fix-eh-device-failure-handling.patch linux-2.6-apple-wireless-keyboard-fix.patch * Tue Feb 17 2009 Ben Skeggs 2.6.27.18-170.2.25 - Bring in nouveau patchset from 2.6.29 kernel: fixes, support for more chips * Wed Feb 11 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.15-78.2.24 - Fix more ext4 patch queue problems. (https://marc.info/;m=123433917809157&w=2) * Wed Feb 11 2009 Jarod Wilson 2.6.27.15-170.2.23 - Make Apple wireless keyboards behave as expected (#483168) * Tue Feb 10 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.15-170.2.22 - Fix oops caused by misapplied chunk in the ext4 patchset (#484972) * Tue Feb 10 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.15-170.2.21 - Fix detection of slave ATA devices on pata_sch (#467457) * Mon Feb 9 2009 Kyle McMartin 2.6.27.15-170.2.20 - Enable CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP, to enable support for more than 8 cpus, since we have NR_CPUS=32... * Fri Feb 6 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.15-170.2.19 - 2.6.27.15 Dropped patches (merged in .27.15): linux-2.6-input-atkbd-broaden-dell-signatures.patch linux-2.6-input-atkbd-samsung-nc10-key-repeat-fix.patch * Fri Feb 6 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.15-170.2.18.rc1 - Copy kvmclock fix from our 2.6.29 kernel. * Wed Feb 4 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.15-170.2.17.rc1 - libata: detect modern CF devices properly - libata: drop link speed when errors happen on reset (#483351) * Wed Feb 4 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.15-170.2.16.rc1 - 2.6.27.15-rc1 - Add ext4 stable patch queue. * Wed Feb 4 2009 Kyle McMartin 2.6.27.14-170.2.15 - Print DMI product name in WARN{,_ON} dumps, backported from 2.6.29. * Tue Feb 3 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.14-170.2.14 - Revert -stable patch that broke wireless broadband for some users. (#481401) * Tue Feb 3 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.14-170.2.13 - Fix media keys on MS wireless keyboard (#475398) * Mon Feb 2 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.14-170.2.12 - Fix slow data upload with USB wireless modem (#473252) * Mon Feb 2 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.14-170.2.11 - 2.6.27.14 * Fri Jan 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.14-170.2.10.rc1 - 2.6.27.14-rc1 * Fri Jan 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.13-170.2.9 - Fix oops in toshiba_acpi driver (#470215) * Fri Jan 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.13-170.2.8 - Add keyboard quirks for more systems: Some Dell machines have a different vendor name in DMI. Samsung NC10 doesn't generate keyup for some keys. * Wed Jan 28 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.13-170.2.7 - Drop sctp patch marged in 2.6.27.13 * Mon Jan 26 2009 Kyle McMartin 2.6.27.13-170.2.6 - 2.6.27.13 final * Tue Jan 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert - ath5k: ignore the return value of ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration (backport to 2.6.27) - rtl8187: feedback transmitted packets using tx close descriptor for 8187B * Tue Jan 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.12-170.2.4 - Fix CVE-2009-0065: SCTP buffer overflow * Tue Jan 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.12-170.2.3 - Revert ALSA to what is upstream in 2.6.27. * Mon Jan 19 2009 Kyle McMartin - Linux 2.6.27.12 - linux-2.6-iwlagn-downgrade-BUG_ON-in-interrupt.patch: merged - linux-2.6-iwlwifi-use-GFP_KERNEL-to-allocate-Rx-SKB-memory.patch: merged * Mon Jan 19 2009 Kyle McMartin - Roll in xen changes to execshield diff as in later kernels. * Mon Jan 19 2009 Kyle McMartin - execshield fixes: should no longer generate spurious handled GPFs, fixes randomization of executables. also some clean ups. * Sun Jan 11 2009 Dave Jones - Don't use MAXSMP on x86-64 * Wed Jan 7 2009 Roland McGrath - 2.6.27.10-169 - utrace update * Tue Jan 6 2009 Eric Sandeen 2.6.27.10-168 - ext4 - delay capable() checks in space accounting (#478299) * Tue Dec 23 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.10-167 - drm - fix issue with second driver opening DRI * Mon Dec 22 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.10-166 - Hopefully fix broken headphone output on some Dell notebooks. * Fri Dec 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.10-165 - Linux 2.6.27.10 Dropped patches: linux-2.6-lib-idr-fix-bug-introduced-by-rcu-fix.patch linux-2.6.27.7-vmi-fix-crash-on-boot.patch linux-2.6.27.5-sched_clock-prevent-scd-clock-from-moving-backwards.patch linux-2.6-iwlagn-fix-rx-skb-alignment.patch Dropped from firewire-git-pending: firewire: fw-ohci: fix possible IOMMU resource exhaustion * Fri Dec 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-164 - Disable PATA_HPT3X3_DMA (from F11.) * Thu Dec 18 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.9-163 - radeon drm: fix broken caching bits in radeon which broke AGP * Wed Dec 17 2008 John W. Linville 2.6.27.9-162 - iwlwifi: use GFP_KERNEL to allocate Rx SKB memory * Tue Dec 16 2008 Kyle McMartin 2.6.27.9-161 - Re-enable input beep code, but disable it by default. Added: linux-2.6-alsa-backport-beep-switch.patch linux-2.6-defaults-alsa-hda-beep-off.patch * Tue Dec 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-160 - Disable AC97 audio driver power savings by default. * Tue Dec 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-159 - Disable input beep feature in Intel HDA sound driver. * Tue Dec 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-158 - Fix the CDROM door status patch right this time. (from rawhide) * Mon Dec 15 2008 John W. Linville 2.6.27.9-157 - iwlagn: fix RX skb alignment * Mon Dec 15 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-156 - Revert -stable patch that causes suspend problems (L-K BZ 12149, 12155) * Sun Dec 14 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-155 - Linux 2.6.27.9 * Sat Dec 13 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway 2.6.27.9-154.rc2 - pull patch from davem sparc-2.6 git branch to add ebus_dma.h * Sat Dec 13 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway 2.6.27.9-153.rc2 - Add "scsi_esp_register" to the search terms for modules.block so we pick up sun_esp.ko * Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-152.rc2 - Enable input beep feature in Intel HDA sound driver. * Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-151.rc2 - Linux 2.6.27.9-rc2 * Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-150.rc1 - Fix VMI crash on boot introduced in 2.6.27.7 (#476062) * Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.9-149.rc1 - Linux 2.6.27.9-rc1 Dropped patches: linux-2.6-net-atm-CVE-2008-5079.patch * Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.8-148 - Fix IDR allocator bug introduced in 2.6.27.8 * Fri Dec 12 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.8-147 - modeset - fix AGP without kms + fix endian parser/pll programming * Wed Dec 10 2008 Jarod Wilson 2.6.27.8-146 - Plug DMA memory leak in firewire drivers (#475156) * Wed Dec 10 2008 Hans de Goede 2.6.27.8-145 - Fix vc0321 based webcams (rh 474990) * Tue Dec 9 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.8-144 - Revert idr patch from 2.6.27.8 that caused DRM breakage. * Mon Dec 8 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.8-143 - ATM security fix (CVE-2008-5079) * Mon Dec 8 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.8-142 - Scheduler fixes from 2.6.28 * Mon Dec 8 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.8-141 - Stop the pciehp driver from filling the log with status messages. * Mon Dec 8 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.8-140 - Linux 2.6.27.8 Dropped patches: linux-2.6-x86-sb600-skip-acpi-irq0-override-if-not-routed-to-int2.patch linux-2.6-x86-more-general-id-for-phoenix-bios.patch linux-2.6-xen-dont-reserve-2-pages-of-padding.patch linux-2.6-usb-ehci-fix-sb700-subsystem-hang.patch linux-2.6-usb-usbmon-fix-read.patch linux-2.6-libata-avoid-overflow-with-large-disks.patch linux-2.6-pci-fix-pciehp.patch linux-2.6-input.git-atkbd-add-quirk-for-inventec.patch linux-2.6.27-ext4-2.6.28-backport-fixups.patch linux-2.6.27-ext4-2.6.28-rc3-git6.patch Added patches: linux-2.6.27-ext4-rename-ext4dev-to-ext4.patch * Mon Dec 8 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.7-139 - ALSA 1.0.18a Dropped patches: linux-2.6-alsa-ac97-whitelist.patch linux-2.6-alsa-ac97-whitelist-AD1981B.patch linux-2.6-alsa-revo51-headphone.patch linux-2.6-olpc-speaker-out.patch * Mon Dec 8 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.7-138 - Fix PCI config space size on AMD Barcelona. * Wed Dec 3 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.7-137 - Update applesmc driver to 2.6.28-rc7-git1 Adds: module autoloading * Wed Dec 3 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.7-136 - radeon: fix AGP harder than the last time. * Tue Dec 2 2008 John W. Linville 2.6.27.7-135 - Backported ath9k DMA fixes from pre-2.6.28 - Drop patch to disable ath9k when swiotlb is in use * Tue Dec 2 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.7-134 - radeon: fix IGP aperture sizing (#473895) * Mon Dec 1 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.7-133 - drm-next.patch: drm/intel: fix VT switch issue harder. * Sun Nov 30 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.7-132 - radeon: another AGP fix for r500 cards falling back to PCIE * Sun Nov 30 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.7-131 - radeon: fix card posting, module unload and radeon AGP issues * Thu Nov 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.7-130 - Additional fixes for 64K lowmem reservation: - More general matching for Phoenix BIOS - Fix Xen when low 64K is reserved * Thu Nov 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.7-129 - Update applesmc driver to 2.6.28-rc6-git1 Adds: iMac 5/6/8, Macbook 4/5, Macbook Pro 5, generic MacPro * Thu Nov 27 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.7-128 - drm: intel rebase with upstream fixes - radeon add larger GART size * Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.7-127 - Two USB patches scheduled for the next -stable release. * Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.7-126 - Fix Zepto notebook multimedia keys (F9#460237) - Fix Dell XPS 1530 trackpad (F9#448656) * Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.7-125 - Linux 2.6.27.7 Dropped patches: linux-2.6.27-sony-laptop-suspend-fix.patch linux-2.6-hostap-skb-cb-hack.patch linux-2.6-wireless-iwlagn-avoid-sleep-in-softirq.patch * Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.27.6-124 - Linux 2.6.27.6 Dropped patches: linux-2.6-acpi-dock-avoid-check-sta-method.patch linux-2.6-blk-cciss-fix-regression-sysfs-symlink-missing.patch Updated patch: linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-2.6.28.patch New config variable: CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K=y * Mon Nov 24 2008 Dave Airlie 2.6.27.5-123 - radeon: hopefully fix rs690 and rs480 GART invalidation * Wed Nov 19 2008 Dave Jones 2.6.27.5-122 - selinux: recognize netlink messages for 'ip addrlabel' (#469423) * Wed Nov 19 2008 Hans de Goede 2.6.27.5-121 - Update uvcvideo to latest git - Patch uvcvideo to not make older logitech cams crash (bz 472217)

References

[ 1 ] Bug #511171 - CVE-2009-1895 kernel: personality: fix PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511171 [ 2 ] Bug #512861 - CVE-2009-2406 kernel: ecryptfs stack overflow in parse_tag_11_packet() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512861 [ 3 ] Bug #512885 - CVE-2009-2407 kernel: ecryptfs heap overflow in parse_tag_3_packet() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512885

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Severity
Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 10
Version : 2.6.27.29
Release : 170.2.78.fc10
URL : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel

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