[El-errata] ELSA-2007-0774 Moderate: Enterprise Linux 4 kernel security and bugfix update

[el-errata at oss.oracle.com]

Enterprise Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2007-0774

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0774.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 4 have been uploaded to 
the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL.src.rpm

The following packages were rebuilt to be in sync with the updated 
kernel version (no changes other than updating the version number):

i386:
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.ELhugemem-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.ELhugemem-1.2.5-6.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.5-6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.ELlargesmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.ELlargesmp-1.2.5-6.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.5-6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1.EL-1.2.5-6.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[2.6.9-55.0.6.0.1]
- fix entropy flag in bnx2 driver to generate entropy pool (John 
Sobecki)  [orabug 5931647]
- fix for nfs open call taking longer issue (Chuck Lever) orabug 5580407 
bz [219412]
- fix  enomem due to larger mtu size page alloc (Zach Brown) orabug 5486128
- fix per_cpu() api bug_on with rds (Zach Brown) orabug 5760648
- limit nr_requests in cfq io scheduler ( Jens Axboe) bz 234278 orabug 
5899829

[2.6.9-55.0.6]
-revert: autofs4 fix for race between mount and expire [248126]

[2.6.9-55.0.4]
-revert: add missing audit_notify_watch() to removexattr
-autofs4: fix race between mount and expire (Ian Kent) [248126]

[2.6.9-55.0.3]
-Fix panic following reload of LSI Fusion driver (Chip Coldwell) [227451]
-Fix buffer overflow in capi debug functions (Anton Arapov) [243257] 
{CVE-2007-1217}
-add missing audit_notify_watch() to removexattr (Alexander Viro) [248126]
-fix VM hangs by balancing inactive lists and setting better values for 
dirty limits (Larry Woodman) [248141]
-nfs: add nordirplus option (Jeff Layton) [249848]
-ia64: fix vmalloc perfmon crash (Luming Yu) [250199] {CVE-2006-0558}
-fix stack randomization across suid/sgid exec (Ernie Petrides) [250200]