System Environment/Kernel

kernel-BOOT: The version of the Linux kernel used on installation boot disks.

Name:kernel-BOOT Vendor:Scientific Linux
Version:2.4.21 License:GPLv2
Release:58.EL URL:
Summary
This package includes a trimmed down version of the Linux kernel. This kernel is used on the installation boot disks only and should not be used for an installed system, as many features in this kernel are turned off because of the size constraints of floppy disks.

Arch: i386

Download:kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-58.EL.i386.rpm
Build Date:Wed Dec 17 06:20:59 2008
Packager:
Size:10.53 MiB

Changelog

* Mon Nov 3 18:00:00 2008 Don Howard <dhoward{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-58.EL
- copy_user doesn't zero tail bytes on page fault (Don Howard) [433941] {CVE-2008-2729}
- Fix long symlink support (Fabio Olive Leite) [BZ 438758]
- Fix possible buffer overflow in ASN.1 parsing routine (Don Howard) [444461] {CVE-2008-1673}
- Fix exploitable remote memory leak in sit (Don Howard) [446034] {CVE-2008-2136}
- Fix possible panic in mptctl_gettargetinfo (Don Howard) [451955]
- Add add NULL pointer checks in tty drivers (Don Howard) [453158] {CVE-2008-2812}
- Add a kernel parameter to disable lost tick accounting on x86_64 (Don Howard) [455921]
- Fix possible isdn_net buffer overflows (Don Howard) [456361] {CVE-2007-6063}
- Fix lookup on deleted directory (Eugene Teo) [457862] {CVE-2008-3275}
- Add missing capability checks in sbni_ioctl (Eugene Teo) [460404] {CVE-2008-3525}
- Remove suid/sgid bits on ftruncate (dhoward) [463684] {CVE-2008-4210}
* Tue Apr 22 19:00:00 2008 Don Howard <dhoward{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-57.EL
- Update: Fix race condition in dnotify() (Al Viro) [439755 443436] {CVE-2008-1375 CVE-2008-1669}
* Mon Apr 14 19:00:00 2008 Don Howard <dhoward{%}redhat{*}com> 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]

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