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kernel: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
| Name: | kernel |
Vendor: | CERN, http://cern.ch/linux" |
| Version: | 2.4.21 |
License: | GPLv2 |
| Release: | 32.0.1.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.
Changelog
- * Mon May 16 05:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
- prevent shared memory lock/unlock w/o permissions (Dave Anderson)
- prevent mlock() resource limit bypass w/shm locking (Ernie Petrides)
- fix data corruption from pte_clear() races on >4GB x86's (Larry Woodman)
- fix arg/env access in ELF core dumping and /proc reads (Ernie Petrides)
- * Fri Apr 15 05:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-32.EL
- fix data corruption w/ext3 xattr on 64-bit arches (Jason Baron)
- validate LCP frame lengths in PPP async handling (Dave Miller)
- enable forcedeth net driver builds in x86 configs (Jim Paradis)
- isolate IP fragment queues among various callers (Dave Miller)
- prevent busy inodes for symlinks after unmounts (Don Howard)
- revise PCI device ids extending ICH7 support (John Linville)
- work around broken xw4300 BIOS AHCI BAR setup (John Linville)
- add protocol validation in net bluetooth driver (John Linville)
- enable software watchdog timer in s390,x configs (Jan Glauber)
- fix data corruption w/uselib() on bad ELF libs (Ernie Petrides)
- add USB tablet init delay in wacom_probe() (Kristian Høgsberg)
- 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)
- * Thu Mar 10 04:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-31.EL
- fix missing ppc64 netdump/diskdump symbols (Nobuhiro Tachino)
- prevent ia64 unwind from traversing off stack (Jason Baron)
- disable 3w-9xxx driver builds on ppc64 (Peter Martuccelli)