System Environment/Kernel

kernel: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)

Name:kernel Vendor:Scientific Linux
Version:2.4.21 License:GPLv2
Release:27.0.4.EL URL:
Summary
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your Red Hat Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.

Arch: x86_64

Download:kernel-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL.x86_64.rpm
Build Date:Fri Apr 22 15:53:53 2005
Packager:
Size:24.88 MiB

Arch: ia32e

Download:kernel-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL.ia32e.rpm
Build Date:Fri Apr 22 15:53:53 2005
Packager:
Size:25.57 MiB

Changelog

* Sat Apr 16 19:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
- correct ending boundary check in filemap_sync() (Larry Woodman)
* Wed Apr 13 19:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.3.EL
- prevent /proc/<PID>/cmdline env data disclosure (Dave Anderson)
- avoid netfilter oops when ip_conntrack is unloaded (Dave Miller)
- eliminate tty line discipline usage/switching races (Jason Baron)
- fix user-space access bug in USB vicam ioctl (Pete Zaitcev)
- prevent info leaks into ext3 journal disk blocks (Ernie Petrides)
- fix obscure oops in tty init_dev() handling (Jason Baron)
- prevent ia64 unwind from traversing off stack (Jason Baron)
- validate LCP frame lengths in PPP async handling (Dave Miller)
- isolate IP fragment queues among various callers (Dave Miller)
- add protocol validation in net bluetooth driver (John Linville)
- fix data corruption w/uselib() on bad ELF libs (Ernie Petrides)
- prevent core dumps with non-readable ELF interps (Dave Anderson)
- add maxevents validation in epoll_wait() handling (Ernie Petrides)
- add len validation in /dev/random poolsize sysctl (Ernie Petrides)
- correct size of ia64 syscall table initialization (Jason Baron)
- correct x86_64 user-mode i/o port validation (Ernie Petrides)
* Wed Jan 12 18:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL
- fix nessus-induced kernel panic with auditing (Peter Martuccelli)
- fix 32-bit-compat regression in CMSG validations (Ernie Petrides)
- eliminate potential VMA list races with do_brk() (Dave Anderson)
- ignore ICMP Source Quench messages in tcp_v4_err() (Dave Miller)
- prevent VMA overlap crashes in insert_vm_struct() (Jason Baron)

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