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GFS and Cluster kernel modules have been compiled and pushed out

SL4.x

   i386:
cman-kernel-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
cman-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
cman-kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
cman-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
cman-kernheaders-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
cmirror-kernel-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
cmirror-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
cmirror-kernel-smp-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
cmirror-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
dlm-kernel-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.i686.rpm
dlm-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.i686.rpm
dlm-kernel-smp-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.i686.rpm
dlm-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.i686.rpm
dlm-kernheaders-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.i686.rpm
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
GFS-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernel-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernel-smp-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
gnbd-kernheaders-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.i686.rpm
   x86_64:
cman-kernel-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
cman-kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
cman-kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
cman-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
cman-kernheaders-2.6.9-55.13.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
cmirror-kernel-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
cmirror-kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
cmirror-kernel-smp-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
cmirror-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-43.4.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
dlm-kernel-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.x86_64.rpm
dlm-kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.x86_64.rpm
dlm-kernel-smp-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.x86_64.rpm
dlm-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.x86_64.rpm
dlm-kernheaders-2.6.9-54.11.el4_7.6.x86_64.rpm
GFS-kernel-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
GFS-kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
GFS-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
GFS-kernheaders-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
gnbd-kernel-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
gnbd-kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
gnbd-kernel-smp-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
gnbd-kernel-xenU-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm
gnbd-kernheaders-2.6.9-10.50.el4_7.5.x86_64.rpm

Troy Dawson

Troy J Dawson wrote:
> Synopsis:       Important: kernel security and bug fix update
> Issue date:     2008-11-19
> CVE Names:      CVE-2008-3272 CVE-2007-6716 CVE-2007-5093
>                    CVE-2008-1514 CVE-2008-3528 CVE-2008-4210
> 
> * a flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Direct-IO implementation. This
> could have allowed a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.
> (CVE-2007-6716, Important)
> 
> * when running ptrace in 31-bit mode on an IBM S/390 or IBM System z
> kernel, a local unprivileged user could cause a denial of service by
> reading from or writing into a padding area in the user_regs_struct32
> structure. (CVE-2008-1514, Important)
> 
> * the do_truncate() and generic_file_splice_write() functions did not clear
> the setuid and setgid bits. This could have allowed a local unprivileged
> user to obtain access to privileged information. (CVE-2008-4210, Important)
> 
> * Tobias Klein reported a missing check in the Linux kernel's Open Sound
> System (OSS) implementation. This deficiency could have led to an
> information leak. (CVE-2008-3272, Moderate)
> 
> * a potential denial of service attack was discovered in the Linux kernel's
> PWC USB video driver. A local unprivileged user could have used this flaw
> to bring the kernel USB subsystem into the busy-waiting state.
> (CVE-2007-5093, Low)
> 
> * the ext2 and ext3 file systems code failed to properly handle corrupted
> data structures, leading to a possible local denial of service issue when
> read or write operations were performed. (CVE-2008-3528, Low)
> 
> In addition, these updated packages fix the following bugs:
> 
> * when using the CIFS "forcedirectio" option, appending to an open file on
> a CIFS share resulted in that file being overwritten with the data to be
> appended.
> 
> * a kernel panic occurred when a device with PCI ID 8086:10c8 was present
> on a system with a loaded ixgbe driver.
> 
> * due to an aacraid driver regression, the kernel failed to boot when trying
> to load the aacraid driver and printed the following error message:
> "aac_srb: aac_fib_send failed with status: 8195".
> 
> * due to an mpt driver regression, when RAID 1 was configured on Primergy
> systems with an LSI SCSI IME 53C1020/1030 controller, the kernel panicked
> during boot.
> 
> * the mpt driver produced a large number of extraneous debugging messages
> when performing a "Host reset" operation.
> 
> * due to a regression in the sym driver, the kernel panicked when a SCSI
> hot swap was performed using MCP18 hardware.
> 
> * all cores on a multi-core system now scale their frequencies in
> accordance with the policy set by the system's CPU frequency governor.
> 
> * the netdump subsystem suffered from several stability issues. These are
> addressed in this updated kernel.
> 
> * under certain conditions, the ext3 file system reported a negative count
> of used blocks.
> 
> * reading /proc/self/mem incorrectly returned "Invalid argument" instead of
> "input/output error" due to a regression.
> 
> * under certain conditions, the kernel panicked when a USB device was
> removed while the system was busy accessing the device.
> 
> * a race condition in the kernel could have led to a kernel crash during
> the creation of a new process.
> 
> SL 4.x
> 
>     SRPMS:
> kernel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.src.rpm
>     i386:
> kernel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
> kernel-devel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
> kernel-doc-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.noarch.rpm
> kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
> kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
> kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
> kernel-xenU-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
> kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
>    Dependancies:
> kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELhugemem-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELhugemem-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELhugemem-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELhugemem-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELhugemem-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-1.4.7-68.SL4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELhugemem-1.4.7-68.SL4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-1.4.7-68.SL4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-1.4.7-68.SL4.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELhugemem-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
> kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
>    Other Dependancies:
> fuse-2.7.3-1.SL.i386.rpm
> fuse-devel-2.7.3-1.SL.i386.rpm
> fuse-libs-2.7.3-1.SL.i386.rpm
> fuse-smb-0.8.7-1.i386.rpm
> fuse-sshfs-2.1-1.SL.i386.rpm
> madwifi-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
> openafs-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-authlibs-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-authlibs-devel-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-client-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-compat-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-debug-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-devel-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-kernel-source-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-kpasswd-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-krb5-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> openafs-server-1.4.7-68.SL4.i386.rpm
> 
>     x86_64:
> kernel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-devel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-doc-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.noarch.rpm
> kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-xenU-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
>    Dependancies:
> kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELlargesmp-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELlargesmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELlargesmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELlargesmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELlargesmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELlargesmp-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.8.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELlargesmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-78.0.8.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
>    Other Dependancies:
> fuse-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> fuse-devel-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> fuse-libs-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> fuse-smb-0.8.7-1.x86_64.rpm
> fuse-sshfs-2.1-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
> madwifi-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-authlibs-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-authlibs-devel-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-client-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-compat-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-debug-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-devel-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-kernel-source-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-kpasswd-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-krb5-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> openafs-server-1.4.7-68.SL4.x86_64.rpm
> 
> 
> -Connie Sieh
> -Troy Dawson
> 
> 


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