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Fedora: 2004-080 Critical: Kernel Bug Causes Boot Issues

The previous security errata (2.4.22-1.2173) unfortunatly contained a bug which made some systems unbootable, due to breakage in the aacraid scsi driver.. Fedora Security Update Notification FEDORA-2004-080 2004-02-18 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : kernel Version : 2.4.22 Release : 1.2174.nptl Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) Description : The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your Fedora Core Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. The previous security errata (2.4.22-1.2173) unfortunatly contained a bug which made some systems unbootable, due to breakage in the aacraid scsi driver. This update contains no further changes vs 2173. --------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be downloaded from: 0e7e280c49392ab8c969a14a1bc53019 SRPMS/kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.src.rpm 4f743a2f8bd11a71456ffe7ea63e73fe i386/kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i386.rpm 06263a61c6dd484cd660c302e6f0661c i386/kernel-doc-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i386.rpm 1a28c697f78a861e9a0a1316ad3a7380 i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i386.rpm 985607d76a121d278d89b393b6e8b2be i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i386.rpm 5f8f02bcb9707d5c7a7478a2873a990c i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i586.rpm 6fdf2932cd587ab5f08b213b3b99c9e0 i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i586.rpm 1ced9ea530a02046be2df687e3f11949 i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i686.rpm 55462d3b48efee106a11ecc22e36b0b7 i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i686.rpm b2b51f50ae8a02f8c58d6f723685111a i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i686.rpm 17b30206c55ed2ea3040b37758d6062a i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.athlon.rpm ad10047a5765aab12955c2332c4012ac i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.athlon.rpm 4f435ef1c7c27f6e66a04895eb721baa i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.athlon.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-announce-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. fedora-announce-list Info Page . Ubuntu Linux rollout addresses significant boot issues. Users encouraged to quickly update affected systems facing this glitch.. Fedora Kernel Bug Fix,Linux Kernel Security Update,Fedora Security Advisories. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 19, 2004 •Critical Fedora