Security update for Linux kernel
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solutions Security update for Linux kernel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (8444ff7a9fd2f2d3d6cf52c0d64146d1)
k_itanium2-smp
k_itanium2
k_smp
kernel-source
k_page-64k
Product(s): SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IPF
Patch: patch-9944
Release: 20050308
Obsoletes: none
- fix possible memory corruption by reading
/proc/kcore
- fix potential memory access to free memory in
/proc
handling - add sanity check to ppp_async code
- add sanity check to unw_unwind_to_user
- fix NO_SENSE handling in SCSI drivers
- consolidated Qlogic driver to version 7.03.00 (qla2x00)
- updated e1000-new driver to 5.6.10.1
- updated cciss driver to latest version from 2.4.28-rc2
- added bcm5700-new driver as 7.3.5
- included megaide driver
- updated IBM ServeRAID driver (ips) to 7.10.18
- update PCI ID list for megaraid2 driver
First find out which kernel package to install by using the following command:
rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz
Download the kernel image fitting your setup and install it with either:
-
rpm -Fvh k_deflt-*.rpm
for the default kernel image, or -
rpm -Fvh k_itanium2-smp-*.rpm
for the Itanium2 SMP kernel image, or -
rpm -Fhv k_itanium2.rpm-*.rpm
for the Itanium2 kernel image, or rpm -Fhv k_smp-*.rpm
for the SMP kernel image
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.)
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