[El-errata] ELSA-2011-0429 Important: Oracle Linux 5 kernel security and bug fix update

Fri Apr 15 09:34:24 PDT 2011

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2011-0429

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0429.html

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

i386:
kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5.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-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5PAE-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.8-2.el5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.8-2.el5.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/oracleasm-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpm
http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/ocfs2-2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5-1.4.8-2.el5.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[2.6.18-238.9.1.0.1.el5]
- [scsi] fix scsi hotplug and rescan race [orabug 10260172]
- fix filp_close() race (Joe Jin) [orabug 10335998]
- fix missing aio_complete() in end_io (Joel Becker) [orabug 10365195]
- make xenkbd.abs_pointer=1 by default [orabug 67188919]
- [xen] check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change
  (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 7556514]
- [net] Enable entropy for bnx2,bnx2x,e1000e,igb,ixgb,ixgbe,ixgbevf 
(John Sobecki)
  [orabug 10315433]
- [NET] Add xen pv netconsole support (Tina Yang) [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258]
- [mm] shrink_zone patch (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [orabug 6086839]
- fix aacraid not to reset during kexec (Joe Jin) [orabug 8516042]
- [rds] Patch rds to 1.4.2-20 (Andy Grover) [orabug 9471572, 9344105]
  RDS: Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet
  ipoib: Fix lockup of the tx queue
  RDS: Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off (Sherman Pun)
  RDS: Properly unmap when getting a remote access error (Tina Yang)
  RDS: Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to()
- [qla] fix qla not to query hccr (Guru Anbalagane) [Orabug 8746702]
- [nfs] too many getattr and access calls after direct I/O [orabug 9348191]
- [xen] PVHVM guest with PoD crashes under memory pressure (Chuck Anderson)
  [orabug 9107465]
- [xen] PV guest with FC HBA hangs during shutdown (Chuck Anderson)
  [orabug 9764220]
- Support 256GB+ memory  for pv guest (Mukesh Rathor) [orabug 9450615]
- fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter for el5 (KOSAKI Motohiro,
  Guru Anbalagane) [orabug 6124033]
- [ipmi] make  configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug 9752208]
- [ib] fix memory corruption (Andy Grover) [orabug 9972346]
- [aio] patch removes limit on number of retries (Srinivas Eeda) [orabug 
10044782]
- [loop] Do not call loop_unplug for not configured loop device (orabug 
10314497)

[2.6.18-238.9.1.el5]
- [md] dm-mpath: fix NULL deref when path parameter missing (Mike 
Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: wait for pg_init completion on suspend (Mike Snitzer) 
[683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: hold io until all pg_inits completed (Mike Snitzer) 
[683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: skip activate_path for failed paths (Mike Snitzer) 
[683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: pass struct pgpath to pg init done (Mike Snitzer) 
[683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: prevent io from work queue while suspended (Mike 
Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: add mutex to sync adding and flushing work (Mike 
Snitzer) [683443 673058]
- [md] dm-mpath: flush workqueues before suspend completes (Mike 
Snitzer) [683443 673058]

[2.6.18-238.8.1.el5]
- [message] mptfusion: fix msgContext in mptctl_hp_hostinfo (Tomas 
Henzl) [684128 646513]
- [fs] nfs: fix use of slab alloc'd pages in skb frag list (Neil Horman) 
[682642 682643] {CVE-2011-1090}
- [s390] remove task_show_regs (Danny Feng) [677852 677853] {CVE-2011-0710}
- [misc] vdso: export wall_to_monotonic (Prarit Bhargava) [688312 675727]
- [x86_64] Use u32, not long, to set reset vector back to 0 (Don Zickus) 
[682673 675258]
- [misc] vmware: increase apic_calibration_diff to 10000 (Prarit 
Bhargava) [680350 665197]

[2.6.18-238.7.1.el5]
- [fs] partitions: Validate map_count in Mac part tables (Danny Feng) 
[679283 679284] {CVE-2011-1010}
- [x86] fix AMD family 0x15 guest boot issue on 64-bit host (Frank 
Arnold) [679747 667234]
- [sound] alsa: cache mixer values on usb-audio devices (Don Zickus) 
[680043 678074]
- [media] dvb: fix av7110 negative array offset (Mauro Carvalho Chehab) 
[672401 672402] {CVE-2011-0521}
- [message] mptfusion: add required mptctl_release call (Tomas Henzl) 
[677173 660871]
- [fs] nfs: pure nfs client performance using odirect (Jeff Layton) 
[677172 643441]
- [mm] fix install_special_mapping skips security_file_mmap (Frantisek 
Hrbata) [662196 662197] {CVE-2010-4346}
- [scsi] device_handler: fix alua_rtpg port group id check (Mike 
Snitzer) [681795 669961]
- [net] cnic: fix big endian bug with device page tables (Steve Best) 
[674774 669527]
- [net] gro: reset dev pointer on reuse (Andy Gospodarek) [674588 600350]
- [misc] add ignore_loglevel kernel parameter (Amerigo Wang) [675665 662102]
- [misc] add bootmem_debug kernel parameter (Amerigo Wang) [675665 662102]
- [fs] gfs2: remove iopen glocks from cache on delete fail (Benjamin 
Marzinski) [675909 666080]

[2.6.18-238.6.1.el5]
- [net] bonding: convert netpoll tx blocking to a counter (Neil Horman) 
[675664 659594]