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Fedora Core 2: 2004-08-03 Moderate: Kernel Security Fixes

This update kernel for Fedora Core 2 contains the security fixes as found byPaul Starzetz from isec.pl.. Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2004-247 2004-08-03 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Product : Fedora Core 2 Name : kernel Version : 2.6.7 Release : 1.494.2.2 Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) Description : 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: This update kernel for Fedora Core 2 contains the security fixes as found by Paul Starzetz from isec.pl. In addition this kernel contains a significant number of bugfixes that are inherited from the newer kernel.org kernel this release is based on. --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Wed Aug 04 2004 Arjan van de Ven - fix ppos races * Sat Jul 17 2004 Arjan van de Ven - ppc32 embedded updates * Fri Jul 16 2004 Arjan van de Ven - make USB modules again and add Alan's real fix for the SMM-meets-USB bug - 2.6.8-rc1-bk4 * Thu Jul 15 2004 Arjan van de Ven - 2.6.8-rc1-bk3 * Wed Jul 14 2004 Arjan van de Ven - add "enforcemodulesig" boot option to make the kernel load signed modules only * Tue Jul 13 2004 Arjan van de Ven - updated voluntary preempt - 2.6.8-rc1 * Thu Jul 08 2004 Arjan van de Ven - fix boot breakage that was hitting lots of people (Dave Jones) * Wed Jul 07 2004 Arjan van de Ven - add voluntary preemption patch from Ingo - 2.6.7-bk19 --------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be downloaded from: 7c34ff18c58199a9559e41e0a89989f1 SRPMS/kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.src.rpm 2e5ad2234291cbae1717808e5e6b1091 x86_64/kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.x86_64.rpm 8cad3b767b875d9eda43d28e0fe44dcc x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.x86_64.rpm b440fc206a2107c88ffbfda43d9de2ef x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.x86_64.rpm 7fc266322f905637c9d4cb13968c5d00 x86_64/kernel-sourcecode-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.noarch.rpm c74e6ec7c9b3cc8bd0e37792aa6d0ba9 x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.noarch.rpm e49810ed1e33f0be9841724e57da67dd i386/kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i586.rpm 866a4597feb9f75d8e9b44ac18e4e498 i386/kernel-smp-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i586.rpm 2f3fe2937733e54dbdc40a920d310b21 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i586.rpm d9edea58c35389d004397c10bcb95892 i386/kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i686.rpm 53ab1cccbb9e5d1db4f41484a04cfc4e i386/kernel-smp-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i686.rpm b06b13774f0320c064f16340757c053e i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i686.rpm 7fc266322f905637c9d4cb13968c5d00 i386/kernel-sourcecode-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.noarch.rpm c74e6ec7c9b3cc8bd0e37792aa6d0ba9 i386/kernel-doc-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.noarch.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. . The software update for Ubuntu 5 focuses on addressing critical security flaws and implementing vital enhancements to improve system integrity in 2005.. Kernel Update, Fedora Security, System Patch, Critical Fix, Security Update. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 11, 2004 Fedora