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oraclelinuxOracleELSA-2008-0973
HistoryDec 18, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

kernel security and bug fix update

2008-12-1800:00:00
Oracle
linux.oracle.com
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[2.4.21-58.0.0.0.1.EL]

  • add directio support for qla drivers (herb) [ora 6346849]
  • support PT Quad card [ora 5751043]
  • io to nfs partition hangs [ora 5088963]
  • add entropy for bnx2 nic [ora 5931647]
  • avoid large allocation-fragmentation in MTU (zab)
  • fix clear highpage (wli)
    [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}