System Environment/Kernel

kernel-BOOT: The version of the Linux kernel used on installation boot disks.

Name:kernel-BOOT Vendor:CERN, http://cern.ch/linux
Version:2.4.21 License:GPLv2
Release:32.0.1.EL.XFS URL:
Summary
This package includes a trimmed down version of the Linux kernel. This kernel is used on the installation boot disks only and should not be used for an installed system, as many features in this kernel are turned off because of the size constraints of floppy disks.

Arch: i386

Download:kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.XFS.i386.rpm
Build Date:Wed Jun 8 10:40:42 2005
Packager:Jaroslaw Polok <jaroslaw{*}polok{%}cern{*}ch>
Size:12.32 MiB

Changelog

* Thu May 26 05:00:00 2005 Jaroslaw Polok <jaroslaw{*}polok{%}cern{*}ch>
- added SGI XFS patch set
* Mon May 16 05:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
- prevent shared memory lock/unlock w/o permissions (Dave Anderson)
- prevent mlock() resource limit bypass w/shm locking (Ernie Petrides)
- fix data corruption from pte_clear() races on >4GB x86's (Larry Woodman)
- fix arg/env access in ELF core dumping and /proc reads (Ernie Petrides)
* Fri Apr 15 05:00:00 2005 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-32.EL
- fix data corruption w/ext3 xattr on 64-bit arches (Jason Baron)
- validate LCP frame lengths in PPP async handling (Dave Miller)
- enable forcedeth net driver builds in x86 configs (Jim Paradis)
- isolate IP fragment queues among various callers (Dave Miller)
- prevent busy inodes for symlinks after unmounts (Don Howard)
- revise PCI device ids extending ICH7 support (John Linville)
- work around broken xw4300 BIOS AHCI BAR setup (John Linville)
- add protocol validation in net bluetooth driver (John Linville)
- enable software watchdog timer in s390,x configs (Jan Glauber)
- fix data corruption w/uselib() on bad ELF libs (Ernie Petrides)
- add USB tablet init delay in wacom_probe() (Kristian Høgsberg)
- prevent core dumps with non-readable ELF interps (Dave Anderson)
- add maxevents validation in epoll_wait() handling (Ernie Petrides)
- add len validation in /dev/random poolsize sysctl (Ernie Petrides)
- correct size of ia64 syscall table initialization (Jason Baron)
- correct x86_64 user-mode i/o port validation (Ernie Petrides)

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