Fedora alert FEDORA-2004-186 (kernel)

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Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
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fedora-announce-list@redhat.com
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[SECURITY] Fedora Core 1 Update: kernel-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl
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Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:25:44 +0100

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Fedora Security Update Notification
FEDORA-2004-186
2004-06-23
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Product     : Fedora Core 1
Name        : kernel
Version     : 2.4.22                      
Release     : 1.2194.nptl                  
Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
Fedora Core Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

Numerous problems referencing userspace memory were identified in several
device drivers by Al Viro using the sparse tool.  The Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CAN-2004-0495 to this issue.

A problem was found where userspace code could execute certain floating
point instructions from signal handlers which would cause the kernel
to lock up.  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
assigned the name CAN-2004-0554 to this issue.

Previous kernels contained a patch against the framebuffer ioctl
code which turned out to be unnecessary. This has been dropped
in this update.

A memory leak in the E1000 network card driver has been fixed.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned
the name CAN-2004-0535 to this issue.

Previously, inappropriate permissions were set on /proc/scsi/qla2300/HbaApiNode
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned
the name CAN-2004-0587 to this issue.

Support for systems with more than 4GB of memory was previously unavailable.
The 686 SMP kernel now supports this configuration. (Bugzilla #122960)
Support for SMP on 586's was also previously not included.
This has also been rectified. (Bugzilla #111871)

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This update can be downloaded from:
  http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/1/

afbebd8faf6000a21ccb31b9d79cc42d  SRPMS/kernel-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.src.rpm
d096e20bef069c9f8c134bc490d7b1c0  x86_64/kernel-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.x86_64.rpm
2e2f20c4090f09591c1c2fda395766a1  x86_64/kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.x86_64.rpm
ba9315c99099ae2ea50faad7efbc7a57  x86_64/kernel-doc-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.x86_64.rpm
030f29ae64f0bfbe4c99a45e5077e40c  x86_64/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.x86_64.rpm
372301d42349cb0568ce7d6b71ce078b  x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.x86_64.rpm
4b2105dd045d9cb57eabe18d1047a6de  i386/kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i386.rpm
a59e186147f73c15d96d0a806e06fcbc  i386/kernel-doc-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i386.rpm
d90babb412eef5a6dd24bd53ceab38a9  i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i386.rpm
d8ec8ec23c17058c24ce4bbe5eb59275  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i386.rpm
7d70b95d0cd5b4a93bc1ce90e57762f6  i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i586.rpm
370fa73f7b82c79b03aa7b865671df3a  i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i586.rpm
413f46ceee286f874d7cebdf0694a5ef  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i586.rpm
6839a7a334a2980b036b09c8a4ad20a9  i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i686.rpm
e33e1bd82d52502298e9b24fe53f9acf  i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i686.rpm
a1bbd9f5bfe7aaa27a561e2b663842ba  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.i686.rpm
fe4595933f55899f1341c8b167c3720f  i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.athlon.rpm
8df5e29195d4c779d60938b740b2b777  i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.athlon.rpm
597b43d471f2fedad519a059d66dc72f  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2194.nptl.athlon.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.  
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