System Environment/Kernel

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

Name:kernel-BOOT Vendor:
Version:2.4.21 License:GPLv2
Release:20.0.1.EL 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-2.4.21-20.0.1.EL.i386.rpm
Build Date:Thu Dec 2 08:01:49 2004
Packager:
Size:10.31 MiB

Changelog

* Wed Nov 24 04:00:00 2004 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-20.0.1.EL
- eliminate kernel stack data leaks from USB drivers (Mark Cox)
- fix various error path bugs in bcm5820 driver (John Linville)
- correct TSS descriptor limit checking for x86_64 (Jim Paradis)
- fix binfmt_elf loader vulnerabilities (Jim Paradis, Dave Anderson)
- add data/param length sanity checks in smbfs (Alexander Viro)
- fix yet another binfmt_elf loader vulnerability (Dave Anderson)
- serialize datagram read w/appropriate semaphore (Dave Miller)
* Wed Aug 18 05:00:00 2004 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-20.EL
- change TARGET_CPUS on x86_64 to include all on-line cpus (Jim Paradis)
* Thu Aug 12 05:00:00 2004 Ernie Petrides <petrides{%}redhat{*}com> kernel-2.4.21-19.EL
- fix possible races/overflows in file offset handling (Alexander Viro)
- correct logging of boot progress messages on Power5 (David Howells)
- extend ppc64 EEH support for other types of devices (David Howells)
- fix ibmveth driver to properly shut down and restart (David Howells)
- fix several races and overflows in ppc64 RTAS driver (David Howells)
- backport "acpi=noirq" support to work around Nocona hangs (Don Howard)
- conditionalize pbn_hp_diva to fix serial driver oops (Matthew Galgoci)
- add amd64 GART entry guard mappings for PCI mis-prefetch (Jim Paradis)
- upgrade SATA support again to resolve several problems (Jeff Garzik)
- qualify ia32e IRQ affinity disable with BIOS flag check (Jim Paradis)
- fix eeh_check_failure() on ppc64 to be interrupt safe (David Howells)
- correct ppc64 EEH macros to use appropriate data size (David Howells)
- fix x86/ia64 no-wait handling in smp_call_function() (Larry Woodman)
- fix "Filter target 0x203 not known ..." audit msgs (Peter Martuccelli)

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