Miscellaneous Included Packages

kernel: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)

Name:kernel Vendor:Scientific Linux
Version:2.6.9 License:GPLv2
Release:5.0.5.EL URL:
Summary
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.

Arch: x86_64

Download:kernel-2.6.9-5.0.5.EL.x86_64.rpm
Build Date:Tue Apr 19 18:19:28 2005
Packager:
Size:29.67 MiB

Changelog

* Fri Apr 8 19:00:00 2005 Dave Jones <davej{%}redhat{*}com>
- Fix tmpfs truncate BUG().
- /proc/net/route stale pointer OOPS fix.
* Thu Apr 7 19:00:00 2005 Dave Jones <davej{%}redhat{*}com>
- Numerous security issues.
  Signedness issues in sysfs (CAN-2005-0867)
  ia64 ptrace stack unwind local DoS (CAN-2005-0135)
  NFSD O_DIRECT flaw (CAN-2005-0207)
  IP output route leak. (CAN-2005-0209)
  PPP Denial of service. (CAN-2005-0384) (#151240)
  EXT2 information leak. (CAN-2005-0400)
  Remote oops in ip_defrag() (CAN-2005-0449)
  Various size_t flaws (CAN-2005-0529, CAN-2005-0530, CAN-2005-0531)
  return proper error on overflow condition in epoll. (CAN-2005-0736)
  Incorrect kfree in ELF loader. (CAN-2005-0749)
  Missing range checks in bluetooth. (CAN-2005-0750)
  Race in Radeon DRM (CAN-2005-0767)
  Various missing sanity checks in isofs. (CAN-2005-0815)
  Only root should be able to set the N_MOUSE line discipline. (CAN-2005-0839)
* Mon Feb 7 18:00:00 2005 Dave Jones <davej{%}redhat{*}com>
- Export get_sb_pseudo(). (#139436)
- Fix io port security hole on x86-64. (#146244)

Listing created by RepoView-0.5