[El-errata] ELSA-2008-0275 Important: Enterprise Linux 5 kernel security and bug fix update

[Errata Announcements for Enterprise Linux]

Enterprise Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2008-0275

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 5 have been uploaded to 
the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5.src.rpm

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

i386:
oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-2.0.4-1.el5.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.4-1.el5.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen-2.0.4-1.el5.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug-2.0.4-1.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-1.2.8-2.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5PAE-1.2.8-2.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen-1.2.8-2.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug-1.2.8-2.el5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-1.2.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5xen-1.2.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5debug-1.2.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-2.0.4-1.el5.src.rpm
http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5-1.2.8-2.el5.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5]
- [NET] Add entropy support to e1000 and bnx2 (John Sobecki) [ORA 6045759]
- [NET] Fix msi issue with kexec/kdump (Michael Chan) [ORA 6219364]
- [MM] Fix alloc_pages_node() static `nid' race made kernel crash (Joe 
Jin) [ORA 6187457]
- [splice] Fix bad unlock_page() in error case  (Jens Axboe) [ORA 6263574]
- [dio] fix error-path crashes (Linux Torvalds) [ORA 6242289]

[2.6.18-53.1.21.el5]
- [misc] infinite loop in highres timers (Michal Schmidt ) [440001]
- [video] PWC driver DoS (Pete Zaitcev ) [308521]
- [x86_64] fix unprivileged crash on %cs corruption (Jarod Wilson ) [439787]
- [net] ESP: ensure IV is in linear part of the skb (Thomas Graf ) [427247]
- [cpufreq] booting with maxcpus=1 panics (Doug Chapman ) [429516]
- [net] sunrpc: lockd recovery is broken (Steve Dickson ) [445360]
- [cpufreq] don't take sem in cpufreq_quick_get (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] remove hotplug cpu cruft (Doug Chapman ) [400821]
- [cpufreq] governor: use new rwsem locking in work cb (Doug Chapman ) 
[400821]
- [cpufreq] ondemand governor restructure the work cb (Doug Chapman ) 
[400821]
- [cpufreq] rewrite lock to eliminate hotplug issues (Doug Chapman ) 
[400821]

[2.6.18-53.1.20.el5]
- [misc] fix softlockup warnings/crashes (Chris Lalancette ) [444402]