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:60.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-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm
Build Date:Fri Aug 28 12:24:18 2009
Packager:
Size:10.53 MiB

Changelog

* Mon Aug 24 19:00:00 2009 Don Howard <dhoward{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-60.EL
- Fix null dereference with udp corking (Don Howard) [518040] {CVE-2009-2698}
* Fri Aug 14 19:00:00 2009 Don Howard <dhoward{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-59.EL
- Fix null dereference in sock_sendpage (Don Howard) [516951] {CVE-2009-2692}
* 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}

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