Security update for Linux kernel

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(Last modified: 29JUL2005)

solutions Security update for Linux kernel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (988b22ccd62464404abb6edf9e96f50a)

Applies to

Package: kernel-64k-pagesize
kernel-default
kernel-sn2
kernel-source
kernel-debug
kernel-syms
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
Patch: patch-10381
Release: 20050729
Obsoletes: fb288fd5f9769ab7434698e56bbe6b67
928c182f4ce54092ec84d122124335ca

Indications

Everyone using the Linux Kernel on IPF architecture should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This update fixes the following security issues:
ia64:

by causing an overflow in the 32bit execve function users could crash the kernel or even execute code (#90499, CAN-2005-1768).

This update also fixes the following non-security issues:

deadlock in reiserfs
NFS problems with EMC servers (#96193)
hang on deleting vlan interfaces (#83493)
busy inodes after umount of autofs4 (#91112)
JBD race condition during umount (#95665)
output of /proc/scsi/scsi (#80228)
ignore timer overrides on SMP Nvidia boards (#94194)

i386:

crash on dual core, single processor Opterons (#96485)
initialization of the ACPI Processor P-States Driver (#95059)

x86_64:

initialization of the ACPI Processor P-States Driver (#95059)
kernel parameter noexec=on did't work (#96528)

s390:

include IBM codedrop 2005-07-20

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:
First, find out which kernel package to download and use, for example with


rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz

Download the kernel image fitting your setup and install it with either:

rpm -Fvh kernel-syms*.rpm kernel-default*.rpm for the default kernel image, or
rpm -Fvh kernel-syms*.rpm kernel-64k-pagesize*.rpm for the 64k page size kernel image, or
rpm -Fhv kernel-syms*.rpm kernel-sn*.rpm for the SGI SN2 (Altix) image

Please do only install one of these kernels, not all of them.
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.)

links to download packages

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Itanium Processor Family (ia64)

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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