[El-errata] ELSA-2008-0055 Important: Enterprise Linux 4 kernel security and bug fix update

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Enterprise Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2008-0055

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html

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

i386:
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.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-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELhugemem-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELxenU-2.0.3-2.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL-1.2.7-1.el4.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELhugemem-1.2.7-1.el4.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.7-1.el4.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELxenU-1.2.7-1.el4.i686.rpm

x86_64:
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELlargesmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELsmp-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELxenU-2.0.3-2.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL-1.2.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELlargesmp-1.2.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELsmp-1.2.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.ELxenU-1.2.7-1.el4.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL-2.0.3-2.src.rpm
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL-1.2.7-1.el4.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[2.6.9-67.0.4.0.1.EL]
- fix entropy flag in bnx2 driver to generate entropy pool (John 
Sobecki)  [orabug 5931647]
- 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]
- remove patch sysrq-b that queues upto keventd thread [orabug 6125546]
- allow more than 4GB hugepage for single user (Herbert van den Bergh) 
[orabug 6002738]
- netrx/netpoll race avoidance (Tina Yang) [orabug 6143381]

[2.6.9-67.0.4]
-fix filesystem corruption by unprivileged user via directory truncation 
(Vitaly Mayatskikh) [428794] {CVE-2008-0001}
-ia64: fix panic caused by set_mempolicy with MPOL_BIND (Vitaly 
Mayatskikh) [293201] {CVE-2007-4130}

[2.6.9-67.0.3]
-revert: acpiphp: Examine slots below P2P bridges (Prarit Bhargava) [428174]

[2.6.9-67.0.2]
-fix core dump file permissions (Don Howard) [396971] {CVE-2007-6206}
-isdn: fix isdn_ioctl memory issue (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [425151] 
{CVE-2007-6151}
-isdn: fix isdn_net_setcfg() vulnerability (Aristeu Rozanski) [392121] 
{CVE-2007-6063}
-acpiphp: Examine slots below P2P bridges (Prarit Bhargava) [428174]
-fix kernel hang in ptrace code (Jerome Marchand) {CVE-2007-5500} [382181]
-ppc: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in show_cpuinfo code (Vitaly 
Mayatskikh) [396801]
-fix kernel panic caused by pvmove in dm-raid1 (Milan Broz) [428637]





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