Product : Fedora Core 4 Name : kernel Version : 2.6.16 Release : 1.2096_FC4 Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) 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.
This update includes a number of security issues that have been fixed upstream over the last week or so.
i386/x86-64: Fix x87 information leak between processes (CVE-2006-1056) ip_route_input panic fix (CVE-2006-1525) fix MADV_REMOVE vulnerability (CVE-2006-1524) shmat: stop mprotect from giving write permission to a readonly attachment (CVE-2006-1524) Fix MPBL0010 driver insecure sysfs permissions x86_64: When user could have changed RIP always force IRET (CVE-2006-0744) Fix RCU signal handling Keys: Fix oops when adding key to non-keyring (CVE-2006-1522) sysfs: zero terminate sysfs write buffers (CVE-2006-1055)
It also includes various other fixes from the -stable tree. Full changelogs are available from:
--------------------------------------------------------------------- * Tue Apr 18 2006 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> [2.6.16-1.2096_FC4] - 2.6.16.9 * Tue Apr 18 2006 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> [2.6.16-1.2093_FC4] - 2.6.16.7 * Mon Apr 17 2006 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> [2.6.16-1.2092_FC4] - 2.6.16.6 * Sun Apr 16 2006 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> - 2.6.16.5 * Fri Apr 7 2006 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> - 2.6.16.2 * Tue Apr 4 2006 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> - Reenable non-standard serial ports. (#187466) - Reenable snd-es18xx for x86-32 (#187733) * Thu Mar 30 2006 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> - ship the .kernelrelease file in -devel too. - Disable EDAC debug.
This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------