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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-7823
2011-06-03 05:02:51
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 2.6.38.7
Release     : 30.fc15
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

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Update Information:

Update to kernel 2.6.38.7

Also update nouveau and radeon graphics drivers to the latest upstream
 versions.

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ChangeLog:

* Fri May 27 2011 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@redhat.com> 2.6.38.7-30
- nouveau: minor fixes for various issues from upstream
- nv40 modesetting fix (rhbz#708235)
- nv50+ support for LVDS panels using SPWG spec (blank/corrupt screen fixes)
- nva3+ pm clock get/set fixes
* Wed May 25 2011 Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
- drm-radeon-update2.patch: more radeon updates + cayman accel support
* Tue May 24 2011 Kyle McMartin <kmcmartin@redhat.com>
- hid-multitouch: add support for elo touchsystems panels (requested
  by hadess, backported from hid-next)
- bluetooth: add support for more ath3k devices (Ditto.)
* Mon May 23 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> 2.6.38.7-29
- Linux 2.6.38.7
- Eliminate hangs when using frequent high-order allocations
* Fri May 20 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> 2.6.38.7-28.rc1
- Linux 2.6.38.7-rc1
- Fix up context in utrace-ptrace.patch
- Revert radeon patches already in our radeon update:
  drm-radeon-kms-fix-gart-setup-on-fusion-parts-v2-backport.patch
- Drop merged patches:
  iwlwifi-add-_ack_plpc_check-module-parameters.patch
- Fix stalls on AMD Sempron notebooks (#704059)
* Fri May 13 2011 Kyle McMartin <kmcmartin@redhat.com> 2.6.38.6-27
- [fabbione@] Fix a deadlock when using hp_sw with an HP san.
  (7a1e9d82 upstream)
* Wed May 11 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
- Fix Intel IPS driver so it doesn't run continuously (#703511)
* Tue May 10 2011 Kyle McMartin <kmcmartin@redhat.com>
- [sgruszka@] iwlwifi: add {ack,plpc}_check module parameters (#666646)
* Tue May 10 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
- Linux 2.6.38.6 (no functional changes from 2.6.38.6-26.rc1)
- Drop merged patches:
    can-add-missing-socket-check-in-can_raw_release.patch
    scsi-fix-oops-in-scsi_run_queue.patch
    vm-skip-the-stack-guard-page-lookup-in-get_user_pages-only-for-mlock.patch
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #703011 - CVE-2011-1770 kernel: dccp: handle invalid feature
 options length
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703011
  [ 2 ] Bug #695976 - CVE-2011-1577 kernel: corrupted GUID partition tables can
 cause kernel oops
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695976
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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