Security update for Linux kernel (k_deflt)
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(Last modified: 24SEP2003)
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Package: k_deflt
Release: 20030924
Obsoletes: none
This article applies to systems with the
k_deflt
kernel package installed, please use the appropriate kernel package if you are using a different kernel:- "Security update for Linux kernel (k_timer)" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/psdb/html/81fdf09573cf5fe4ff1947019a3eaef4.html)
rpm -qf /boot/kernel/image
IBM code drop from 2003-09-04
ccwcache
: Incorrect cache index determination.siginfo_t
structure on user stack incorrect.dasd
: erroneous message about failing DASD format.dasd_diag
: buggy CMS label recognition infs/partitions/ibm.c
.- Crash when using CTC tty with gcov.
- Oops in IUCV code.
- On demand timer patch: missing local irq disable
- Reduce the value of QUEUE_NR_REQUESTS from 8192 to 128
- Set the device type of
/proc/tty/driver/tty3270
tochar
- Add a missing check for
madvise(MADV_WILLNEED)
- fix overflow problem in NFSv3
decode_fh
- prevent possible DoS in netfilter code
- fix several race conditions in
procfs
This update includes the following IBM code drops:
- 2003-09-04 kernel 2.4.17 for the "August 2001 stream" (Patch 10)
rpm -Fvh k_deflt.rpm zipl
please do not forget to run
zipl
after installing the k_deflt
for the system to remain bootable.Finally, reboot the system with
shutdown -r now
to load the new kernel (replace "
now
" with the appropriate amount of time to allow local users to cleanly log out, for example "+5
" for five minutes.)Download Source Packages
Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.
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