[El-errata] ELSA-2008-0211 Important: Enterprise Linux 3 kernel security and bug fix update

[Errata Announcements for Enterprise Linux]

Enterprise Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2008-0211

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 3 have been uploaded to 
the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpm
kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i386.rpm
kernel-doc-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i386.rpm
kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpm
kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpm
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-source-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i386.rpm
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.athlon.rpm
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.ia32e.rpm
kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-source-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.ia32e.rpm
kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el3/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.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-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.ELhugemem-1.0.5-1.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.ELsmp-1.0.5-1.i686.rpm

x86_64:
oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.ia32e.rpm
oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.ELsmp-1.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el3/SRPMS-updates/oracleasm-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL-1.0.5-1.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[kernel-2.4.21-57.0.0.0.1.EL]
- add directio support for qla drivers (herb) [ora 6346849]
- support PT Quad card [ora 5751043]
- [ora 5088963]: io to nfs partition hangs
- add entropy for bnx2 nic [ora 5931647]
- avoid large allocation-fragmentation in MTU (zab)
- fix clear highpage (wli)

[kernel-2.4.21-57.EL]
- Update: Fix race condition in dnotify() (Al Viro) [439755 443436] 
{CVE-2008-1375 CVE-2008-1669}

[kernel-2.4.21-56.EL]
- Fix race condition in dnotify() (Al Viro) [439755] {CVE-2008-1375}
- Fix machine check error on Clovertown G0 (Geoff Gustafson) [430924]
- Fix unaligned handler for FP instructions (Don Howard) [430919]

[kernel-2.4.21-55.EL]
- Fix race condition in sys_mincore() (Don Howard) [247595] {CVE-2006-4814}
- Fix panic with AIO writes to pipes (Josef Bacik) [311621] {CVE-2007-5001}
- Fix error with coredump ownership (Don Howard) [396961] {CVE-2007-6206}
- Fix potential buffer overrun issue in isdn_ioctl (Don Howad) [425141] 
{CVE-2007-6151}
- Fix potential DoS with mremap (Don Howard) [428967] {CVE-2008-0007}
- Clear df flag for signal handlers (Don Howard) [437313] {CVE-2008-1367}

[kernel-2.4.21-54.EL]
- Fix hang at unmount with many unused dentries (Josef Bacik) [413731]