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Fedora 11: FEDORA-2009-6768 Moderate: Kernel Driver And Modesetting Fixes

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The Fedora 11 kernel update brings significant DRM improvements, introduces a variety of new device drivers, and boosts 64-bit functionality for the Nano processor.
Update to kernel 2.6.29.5: Includes DRM modesetting bug fixes

Summary

The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any

Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions

of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device

input and output, etc.

Update Information:

Update to kernel 2.6.29.5: Includes DRM modesetting bug fixes. Adds driver for VIA SD/MMC controllers and full support for the Nano processor in 64-bit mode.

Change Log

* Tue Jun 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.29.5-191 - Copy latest version of the -mm streaming IO and executable pages patches from F-10 - Copy the saner-vm-settings patch from F-10: change writeback interval from 5,30 seconds to 3,10 seconds - Comment out the null credentials debugging patch (bug #494067) * Tue Jun 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.29.5-190 - Two r8169 driver updates from 2.6.30 - Update via-sdmmc driver * Tue Jun 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.29.5-189 - New debug patch for bug #494067, now enabled for non-debug kernels too. * Tue Jun 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.29.5-188 - Avoid lockup on OOM with /dev/zero * Tue Jun 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert 2.6.29.5-187 - Drop the disable of mwait on VIA Nano processor. The lockup bug is fixed by BIOS updates. * Tue Jun 16 2009 Ben Skeggs 2.6.29.5-186 - nouveau: Use VBIOS image from PRAMIN in preference to PROM (#492658) * Tue Jun 16 2009 Dave Airlie 2.6.29.5-185 - drm-connector-dpms-fix.patch - allow hw to dpms off - drm-dont-frob-i2c.patch - don't play with i2c bits just do EDID - drm-intel-tv-fix.patch - fixed intel tv after connector dpms - drm-modesetting-radeon-fixes.patch - fix AGP issues (go faster) (otaylor) - drm-radeon-fix-ring-commit.patch - fix stability on some radeons - drm-radeon-new-pciids.patch - add rv770/790 support - drm-intel-vmalloc.patch - fix vmalloc patch * Mon Jun 15 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.5-184 - Get rid of the annoying parport sysctl registration warning (#503773) (linux-2.6-parport-quickfix-the-proc-registration-bug.patch) * Mon Jun 15 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.5-183 - Linux 2.6.29.5 * Mon Jun 15 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.5-182.rc1 - Add support for touchpad on MacBook 5 (Unibody) (#504197) * Mon Jun 15 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.5-181.rc1 - Fix reporting of short writes to the NFS client (#493500) * Mon Jun 15 2009 John W. Linville - neigh: fix state transition INCOMPLETE->FAILED via Netlink request * Fri Jun 12 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.5-179.rc1 - VIA Nano / VX800 fixes Padlock 64-bit fixes Disable mwait on the Nano Add via-sdmmc driver Enable the VIA random number generator on 64-bit - Enable the userspace ARP daemon (#502844) * Wed Jun 10 2009 Ben Skeggs - drm-nouveau.patch: fill in modes derived from VBIOS tables better * Tue Jun 9 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.5-177.rc1 - 2.6.29.5-rc1 - Reverted from stable, patch already in drm-next: drm-r128-fix-r128-ioremaps-to-use-ioremap_wc.patch - Dropped patches, merged in -stable: hpet-fixes.patch keys-Handle-there-being-no-fallback-destination-key.patch kvm-Fix-PDPTR-reloading-on-CR4-writes.patch kvm-Make-paravirt-tlb-flush-also-reload-the-PAE-PDP.patch linux-2.6-ptrace-fix-possible-zombie-leak.patch linux-2.6-usb-cdc-acm-remove-low-latency-flag.patch linux-2.6-xen-xenbus_state_transition_when_not_connected.patch linux-2.6.29.5-ext4-stable-fixes.patch * Tue Jun 9 2009 John W. Linville - Clean-up some wireless bits in config-generic * Tue Jun 9 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.4-175 - Add ext4 stable patch queue, 18 patches submitted for 2.6.29.5 (adds 10 patches that weren't already in F-11.) * Tue Jun 9 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.4-174 - Add support for ACPI P-states on VIA processors. - Disable the e_powersaver driver. * Mon Jun 8 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.4-173 - Add linux-2.6-ptrace-fix-possible-zombie-leak.patch Fixes bug #481753, ptraced processes fail to deliver exit notification to parent * Mon Jun 8 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.4-172 - Add linux-2.6-netdev-ehea-fix-circular-locking.patch (#498854) * Mon Jun 8 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.4-171 - Add AT keyboard forced key release quirks for four more notebooks. (Fixes Samsung NC20/Q45, Fujitsu PA1510/Xi3650) * Mon Jun 8 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.4-170 - Drop ALSA jiffies-based PCM boundary checking (#498858) * Mon Jun 8 2009 Chuck Ebbert - 2.6.29.4-169 - Add debug patch for finding null security credentials. (494067) * Tue Jun 2 2009 Roland McGrath - 2.6.29.4-168 - utrace update (fixes stap PR10185)

References


[ 1 ] Bug #502981 - CVE-2009-1385 kernel: e1000_clean_rx_irq() denial of service https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502981 [ 2 ] Bug #504726 - CVE-2009-1389 kernel: r8169: fix crash when large packets are received https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504726

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 11
Version: 2.6.29.5
Release: 191.fc11
Summary: The Linux kernel

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