[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: kernel-2.6.27.37-170.2.104.fc10

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-10525
2009-10-15 22:02:58
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 10
Version     : 2.6.27.37
Release     : 170.2.104.fc10
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
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.

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Update Information:

Update to kernel 2.6.27.37:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.36
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.37
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Oct 12 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.37-170.2.104
- Add jbd fix for file corruption (the jbd2 version is already in.)
* Mon Oct 12 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.37-170.2.103
- Linux 2.6.27.37
* Sun Oct 11 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.37-170.2.102.rc1
- Fix broken IrDA stack in 2.6.27 (#508874)
* Sun Oct 11 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.37-170.2.101.rc1
- Networking fixes from 2.6.31-stable:
  ax25-fix-possible-oops-in-ax25_make_new.patch
  net-unix-fix-sending-fds-in-multiple-buffers.patch
  sit-fix-off-by-one-in-ipip6_tunnel_get_prl.patch
  sky2-set-sky2_hw_ram_buffer-in-sky2_init.patch
  tcp-fix-config_tcp_md5sig-config_preempt-timer-bug.patch
  x86-fix-csum_ipv6_magic-asm-memory-clobber.patch
* Sun Oct 11 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.37-170.2.100.rc1
- Linux 2.6.27.37-rc1
- Drop merged patches:
  kvm-x86-disallow-hypercalls-for-guest-callers-in-rings-0.patch
  x86-increase-min_gap-to-include-randomized-stack.patch
  ecryptfs-prevent-lower-dentry-from-going-negative-during-unlink.patch
  x86-dont-leak-64-bit-kernel-register-values.patch
  x86-streamline-32-bit-syscall-entry-code.patch
* Wed Oct  7 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.36-170.2.99
- x86: fix leakage of kernel 64-bit registers to 32-bit tasks.
* Wed Oct  7 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.36-170.2.98
- eCryptfs: Prevent lower dentry from going negative during unlink (CVE-2009-2908)
* Mon Oct  5 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.36-170.2.97
- Linux 2.6.27.36
* Sun Oct  4 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.36-170.2.96.rc2
- Backport stack randomization fix from 2.6.31.2 (#526882)
* Sun Oct  4 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.36-170.2.95.rc2
- Linux 2.6.27.36-rc2
* Sat Sep 26 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.35-170.2.94
- Backport "appletalk: Fix skb leak when ipddp interface is not loaded"
  (fixes CVE-2009-2903)
* Sat Sep 26 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.35-170.2.93
- Backport "KVM: x86: Disallow hypercalls for guest callers in rings > 0"
  (fixes CVE-2009-3290)
* Thu Sep 24 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.35-170.2.92
- Linux 2.6.27.35
- Drop merged patches:
    linux-2.6-nfsd-report-short-writes-fix.patch
    linux-2.6-nfsd-report-short-writes.patch
* Tue Sep 15 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.34-170.2.91
- Linux 2.6.27.34
- Drop merged patch: linux-2.6-slub-fix-destroy-by-rcu.patch
* Wed Sep  9 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.32-170.2.90
- 2.6.27.32 final
- Drop linux-2.6-ocfs2-handle-len-0.patch, added after .32-rc1
* Mon Sep  7 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.32-170.2.89.rc1
- Backport fix for b43 on ppc64 to 2.6.27 (#514787)
* Sun Sep  6 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.32-170.2.88.rc1
- Add patches requested for the next stable release:
   linux-2.6-slub-fix-destroy-by-rcu.patch (fixes bug in 2.6.27.29)
   linux-2.6-ocfs2-handle-len-0.patch (fixes bug in 2.6.27.32-rc1)
* Fri Sep  4 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.32-170.2.87.rc1
- Copy fix for NFS short write reporting from F-10 2.6.29 kernel (#493500)
* Fri Sep  4 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.32-170.2.86.rc1
- 2.6.27.31: no functional changes, update had been manually applied already.
- 2.6.27.32-rc1: drop upstream patches:
  linux-2.6-usb-remove-low-latency-hack.patch
  linux-2.6-char-remove-low_latency-nozomi-mxser.patch
  linux-2.6-cdrom-door-status.patch
  kvm-vmx-don-t-allow-uninhibited-access-to-efer-on-i386.patch
  kvm-make-efer-reads-safe-when-efer-does-not-exist.patch
  linux-2.6-parport-quickfix-the-proc-registration-bug.patch
  do_sigaltstack-avoid-copying-stack_t-as-a-structure-to-userspace.patch
* Mon Aug 31 2009 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com>
- Fix audio on PVR-500 when used in same system as HVR-1800 (#480728)
* Tue Aug 18 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- Backport several upstream commits 52dec22e739eec8f3a0154f768a599f5489048bd
  to improve mmap_min_addr.
- CVE-2009-2847: do_sigaltstack: avoid copying 'stack_t' as a structure
  to user space
* Mon Aug 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.30-170.2.82
- Backport F-11 patch to fix oopses in USB serial drivers. (#517259)
* Mon Aug 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.30-170.2.81
- Backport F-11 patch to fix oopses in nozomi and mxser drivers.
* Sun Aug 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.30-170.2.80
- Linux 2.6.27.30
- Dropped patch make-sock_sendpage-use-kernel_sendpage.patch
* Fri Aug 14 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.27.29-170.2.79
- CVE-2009-2692: Fix sock sendpage NULL ptr deref.
* Fri Jul 31 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.29-170.2.78
- The kernel package needs to override the new rpm %install behavior.
* Thu Jul 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.29-170.2.77
- Linux 2.6.27.29
* Wed Jul 29 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.29-170.2.75.rc1
- Linux 2.6.27.29-rc1 (CVE-2009-2406, CVE-2009-2407)
- Drop linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-avoid-losing-msi-interrupts.patch, now in -stable.
* Wed Jul 29 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.28-170.2.74
- Don't bounce virtio_blk requests (#510304)
* Mon Jul 27 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.28-170.2.73
- Linux 2.6.27.28 (CVE-2009-1895, CVE-2009-1897)
  Dropped patches, merged in stable:
    linux-2.6-kbuild-fix-unifdef.c-usage-of-getline.patch
    linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-fix-lg-pkt-crash.patch
  New config item:
    CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR=32768
* Sat Jun 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.25-170.2.72
- Copy fixes from latest F-9:
    kvm-make-efer-reads-safe-when-efer-does-not-exist.patch
    linux-2.6-dev-zero-avoid-oom-lockup.patch
    linux-2.6-parport-quickfix-the-proc-registration-bug.patch
* Sat Jun 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.25-170.2.70
- Update r8169 network driver to the version in Fedora 9:
  the 2.6.30 version + fixes from 2.6.31
* Sat Jun 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.25-170.2.69
- Linux 2.6.27.25
- Dropped patches merged upstream in -stable:
    linux-2.6-x86-workaround-failures-on-intel-atom.patch
    ext4.git*
    linux-2.6-ext4*
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.24-170.2.68
- Enable Divas (formerly Eicon) ISDN drivers on x86_64. (#480837)
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.24-170.2.67
- Enable sfc driver for Solarflare SFC4000 network adapter (#499392)
  (disabled on powerpc)
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.24-170.2.66
- Add workaround for Intel Atom erratum AAH41 (#499803)
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.24-170.2.65
- Allow building the F-10 2.6.27 kernel on F-11.
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.24-170.2.64
- ext4 fixes from Fedora 11:
    linux-2.6-ext4-clear-unwritten-flag.patch
    linux-2.6-ext4-fake-delalloc-bno.patch
    linux-2.6-ext4-fix-i_cached_extent-race.patch
    linux-2.6-ext4-prealloc-fixes.patch
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.24-170.2.63
- Merge official ext4 patches headed for -stable.
- Drop ext4 patches we already had:
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-header-check.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-print-warning-once.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bogus-bug-ons-in-mballoc.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bb-prealloc-list-corruption.patch
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.24-170.2.62
- Add patches from Fedora 9:
  Update the atl2 network driver to version 2.0.5
  KVM: don't allow access to the EFER from 32-bit x86 guests
* Wed May 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.24-170.2.61
- Linux 2.6.27.24
- Fix up execshield, utrace, r8169 and drm patches for .24
* Mon Apr 13 2009 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>  2.6.27.21-170.2.60
- Remove iwl3945: rely on priv->lock to protect priv access
* Tue Apr  7 2009 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>  2.6.27.21-170.2.59
- iwlwifi: remove implicit direct scan
* Thu Apr  2 2009 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>  2.6.27.21-170.2.58
- iwl3945: rely on priv->lock to protect priv access
* Mon Mar 23 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.21-170.2.56
- 2.6.27.21
- Dropped patches, merged in -stable:
  linux-2.6.27-alsa-fix-vunmap-and-free-order.patch
  linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-fix-dma-mask-for-ati-controllers.patch
  linux-2.6.27-alsa-mixart-fix-lock-imbalance.patch
  linux-2.6.27-alsa-pcm-oss-fix-locking-typo.patch
  linux-2.6-nfsd-drop-cap-mknod-for-non-root.patch
  linux-2.6-nfsd-provide-encode-routine-for-op-openattr.patch
  add-fwrapv-to-cflags.patch
  linux-2.6.27-fix-video_open.patch (partial)
* Fri Mar 20 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.27.20-170.2.55
- add-fwrapv-to-cflags.patch: avoid gcc optimizing away wrapping arithmetic.
* Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.20-170.2.54
- Add Dell Vostro to i8042 nomux quirk list (#490250)
* Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.20-170.2.53
- ALSA fixes headed for -stable:
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-fix-vunmap-and-free-order.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-fix-dma-mask-for-ati-controllers.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-workaround-for-buggy-dma-on-ati.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-hda-workaround-for-buggy-dma-on-via.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-mixart-fix-lock-imbalance.patch
    linux-2.6.27-alsa-pcm-oss-fix-locking-typo.patch
* Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.20-170.2.52
- Two nfsd fixes headed for -stable:
    linux-2.6-nfsd-drop-cap-mknod-for-non-root.patch
    linux-2.6-nfsd-provide-encode-routine-for-op-openattr.patch
* Wed Mar 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.20-170.2.51
- Two small ext4 fixes from 2.6.29:
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bb-prealloc-list-corruption.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-fix-bogus-bug-ons-in-mballoc.patch
* Tue Mar 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.20-170.2.50
- 2.6.27.20
* Tue Mar 17 2009 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com> 2.6.27.20-170.2.49.rc1
- Always default to softcarrier=1 in lirc_serial (#479576)
* Mon Mar 16 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>  2.6.27.20-170.2.48.rc1
- Build VIA Padlock driver on PAE kernels (#490405)
- Padlock cannot be built for x86_64.
* Fri Mar 13 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.20-170.2.47.rc1
- ext4 patches from rawhide:
    Kill off distracting warning messages.
    Fix checking of on-disk extent headers.
* Fri Mar 13 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.20-170.2.46.rc1
- 2.6.27.20-rc1
- Dropped patches, merged in -stable:
    linux-2.6-x86-64-fix-int-0x80-enosys-return.patch
    linux-2.6-x86-mtrr-kill-bogus-warning.patch
    ext4.git*
    selinux-netlabel_setsockopt_fix.patch
    linux-2.6-libata-make-sure-port-is-thawed.patch
* Wed Mar 11 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- linux-2.6-execshield.patch:
   Fix from H.J. Lu, arch_get_unmapped_exec_area is only appropriate for
   32-bit mmap currently.
* Tue Mar 10 2009 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.44
- Un-muck-up hdpvr patch update -- can't use 2.6.29 features that aren't in 2.6.27...
* Mon Mar  9 2009 Dennis Gilmore <dennis at ausil.us> 2.6.27.19-170.2.43
- add cs4231 ebus dma patch
* Sat Mar  7 2009 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.42
- hdpvr: add addtional device IDs and permit functioning w/latest firmwares
* Thu Mar  5 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.41
- Add ext4 stable patch queue.
- Drop linux-2.6-ext4-ENOSPC-debug.patch, replaced by upstream stable patch.
* Thu Mar  5 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.40
- Fix endless error message spew from sata_nv in 2.6.27.19 (#488371)
* Thu Mar  5 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.39
- Add ALSA HDA probe_mask quirks from 2.6.29-rc7 (F11#485295)
* Thu Feb 26 2009 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- Add dcbw's back-port patches to age scan results on resume
* Tue Feb 24 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- drm-edid-revision-0-should-be-valid.patch: bz476735, allow edid
  read on edid 1.0 monitors.
* Tue Feb 24 2009 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.36
- Fix NULL ptr deref in cx23885 video_open function that triggered
  an oops on systems w/both an HVR-1800 and HVR-1250, which prevented
  the analog side of the 1800 from working
- Fix NULL ptr deref in v4l2 video_open function that triggers when
  running the uvcvideo stress-test
* Mon Feb 23 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.35
- Fix bug in ext4 patch queue.
* Mon Feb 23 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.34
- Add ext4 stable patch queue from:
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git;a=shortlog;h=for-stable-2.6.27
* Sun Feb 22 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.33
- Add patch from Paul Moore to fix setsockopt when netlabel is in use (ie:
   when selinux is enabled.) resolves bz#486225.
* Sat Feb 21 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.32
- Set X86_MSR=y and X86_CPUID=y on 32-bit kernel.
- Copy ext4 ENOSPC fix from rawhide.
* Sat Feb 21 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.31
- 2.6.27.19
* Sat Feb 21 2009 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170-2.30.rc1
- Fix from upstream multi-master fixes for radeon suspend/resume
* Wed Feb 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.19-170.2.29.rc1
- 2.6.27.19-rc1
  Dropped patches (merged upstream):
    linux-2.6.27.14-ext4-fix-cache-init.patch
    linux-2.6.27.14-ext4-fix-dont-allow-new-groups.patch
    linux-2.6.27.14-ext4-patch-queue.patch
* Wed Feb 18 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.18-170.2.28
- Fix bug in x86-64 syscall error handling (#484871)
- Replace x86 MTRR warning patch with better upstream fix.
* Tue Feb 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.18-170.2.27
- Fix e1000e Tx unit hang, enable ECC on parts that support it.
* Tue Feb 17 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.18-170.2.26
- 2.6.27.18
  Dropped patches (merged upstream):
    linux-2.6-x86-pci-amd-config-space.patch
    linux-2.6-usb-option-add-pantech-cards-R.patch
    linux-2.6-hid-adjust-fixup-for-ms-1028-receiver.patch
    linux-2.6-libata-fix-ata-id-is-cfa.patch
    linux-2.6-libata-fix-eh-device-failure-handling.patch
    linux-2.6-apple-wireless-keyboard-fix.patch
* Tue Feb 17 2009 Ben Skeggs <bskeggs at redhat.com> 2.6.27.18-170.2.25
- Bring in nouveau patchset from 2.6.29 kernel: fixes, support for more chips
* Wed Feb 11 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.15-78.2.24
- Fix more ext4 patch queue problems.
  (http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123433917809157&w=2)
* Wed Feb 11 2009 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com> 2.6.27.15-170.2.23
- Make Apple wireless keyboards behave as expected (#483168)
* Tue Feb 10 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.15-170.2.22
- Fix oops caused by misapplied chunk in the ext4 patchset (#484972)
* Tue Feb 10 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.15-170.2.21
- Fix detection of slave ATA devices on pata_sch (#467457)
* Mon Feb  9 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.27.15-170.2.20
- Enable CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP, to enable support for more than 8 cpus,
  since we have NR_CPUS=32...
* Fri Feb  6 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.15-170.2.19
- 2.6.27.15
  Dropped patches (merged in .27.15):
  linux-2.6-input-atkbd-broaden-dell-signatures.patch
  linux-2.6-input-atkbd-samsung-nc10-key-repeat-fix.patch
* Fri Feb  6 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.15-170.2.18.rc1
- Copy kvmclock fix from our 2.6.29 kernel.
* Wed Feb  4 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.15-170.2.17.rc1
- libata: detect modern CF devices properly
- libata: drop link speed when errors happen on reset (#483351)
* Wed Feb  4 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.15-170.2.16.rc1
- 2.6.27.15-rc1
- Add ext4 stable patch queue.
* Wed Feb  4 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.27.14-170.2.15
- Print DMI product name in WARN{,_ON} dumps, backported from 2.6.29.
* Tue Feb  3 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.14-170.2.14
- Revert -stable patch that broke wireless broadband for some users. (#481401)
* Tue Feb  3 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.14-170.2.13
- Fix media keys on MS wireless keyboard (#475398)
* Mon Feb  2 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.14-170.2.12
- Fix slow data upload with USB wireless modem (#473252)
* Mon Feb  2 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.14-170.2.11
- 2.6.27.14
* Fri Jan 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.14-170.2.10.rc1
- 2.6.27.14-rc1
* Fri Jan 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.13-170.2.9
- Fix oops in toshiba_acpi driver (#470215)
* Fri Jan 30 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.13-170.2.8
- Add keyboard quirks for more systems:
  Some Dell machines have a different vendor name in DMI.
  Samsung NC10 doesn't generate keyup for some keys.
* Wed Jan 28 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.13-170.2.7
- Drop sctp patch marged in 2.6.27.13
* Mon Jan 26 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.27.13-170.2.6
- 2.6.27.13 final
* Tue Jan 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- ath5k: ignore the return value of ath5k_hw_noise_floor_calibration
  (backport to 2.6.27)
- rtl8187: feedback transmitted packets using tx close descriptor for 8187B
* Tue Jan 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.12-170.2.4
- Fix CVE-2009-0065: SCTP buffer overflow
* Tue Jan 20 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.12-170.2.3
- Revert ALSA to what is upstream in 2.6.27.
* Mon Jan 19 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- Linux 2.6.27.12
- linux-2.6-iwlagn-downgrade-BUG_ON-in-interrupt.patch: merged
- linux-2.6-iwlwifi-use-GFP_KERNEL-to-allocate-Rx-SKB-memory.patch: merged
* Mon Jan 19 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- Roll in xen changes to execshield diff as in later kernels.
* Mon Jan 19 2009 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- execshield fixes: should no longer generate spurious handled GPFs,
  fixes randomization of executables. also some clean ups.
* Sun Jan 11 2009 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Don't use MAXSMP on x86-64
* Wed Jan  7 2009 Roland McGrath <roland at redhat.com> - 2.6.27.10-169
- utrace update
* Tue Jan  6 2009 Eric Sandeen <sandeen at redhat.com> 2.6.27.10-168
- ext4 - delay capable() checks in space accounting (#478299)
* Tue Dec 23 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.10-167
- drm - fix issue with second driver opening DRI
* Mon Dec 22 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.10-166
- Hopefully fix broken headphone output on some Dell notebooks.
* Fri Dec 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.10-165
- Linux 2.6.27.10
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-lib-idr-fix-bug-introduced-by-rcu-fix.patch
    linux-2.6.27.7-vmi-fix-crash-on-boot.patch
    linux-2.6.27.5-sched_clock-prevent-scd-clock-from-moving-backwards.patch
    linux-2.6-iwlagn-fix-rx-skb-alignment.patch
  Dropped from firewire-git-pending:
    firewire: fw-ohci: fix possible IOMMU resource exhaustion
* Fri Dec 19 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-164
- Disable PATA_HPT3X3_DMA (from F11.)
* Thu Dec 18 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-163
- radeon drm: fix broken caching bits in radeon which broke AGP
* Wed Dec 17 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-162
- iwlwifi: use GFP_KERNEL to allocate Rx SKB memory
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-161
- Re-enable input beep code, but disable it by default.
  Added:
   linux-2.6-alsa-backport-beep-switch.patch
   linux-2.6-defaults-alsa-hda-beep-off.patch
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-160
- Disable AC97 audio driver power savings by default.
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-159
- Disable input beep feature in Intel HDA sound driver.
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-158
- Fix the CDROM door status patch right this time. (from rawhide)
* Mon Dec 15 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-157
- iwlagn: fix RX skb alignment
* Mon Dec 15 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-156
- Revert -stable patch that causes suspend problems (L-K BZ 12149, 12155)
* Sun Dec 14 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-155
- Linux 2.6.27.9
* Sat Dec 13 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-154.rc2
- pull patch from davem sparc-2.6 git branch to add ebus_dma.h
* Sat Dec 13 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-153.rc2
- Add "scsi_esp_register" to the search terms for modules.block so we pick up sun_esp.ko
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-152.rc2
- Enable input beep feature in Intel HDA sound driver.
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-151.rc2
- Linux 2.6.27.9-rc2
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-150.rc1
- Fix VMI crash on boot introduced in 2.6.27.7 (#476062)
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.9-149.rc1
- Linux 2.6.27.9-rc1
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-net-atm-CVE-2008-5079.patch
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.8-148
- Fix IDR allocator bug introduced in 2.6.27.8
* Fri Dec 12 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.8-147
- modeset - fix AGP without kms + fix endian parser/pll programming
* Wed Dec 10 2008 Jarod Wilson <jarod at redhat.com> 2.6.27.8-146
- Plug DMA memory leak in firewire drivers (#475156)
* Wed Dec 10 2008 Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> 2.6.27.8-145
- Fix vc0321 based webcams (rh 474990)
* Tue Dec  9 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.8-144
- Revert idr patch from 2.6.27.8 that caused DRM breakage.
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.8-143
- ATM security fix (CVE-2008-5079)
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.8-142
- Scheduler fixes from 2.6.28
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.8-141
- Stop the pciehp driver from filling the log with status messages.
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.8-140
- Linux 2.6.27.8
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-x86-sb600-skip-acpi-irq0-override-if-not-routed-to-int2.patch
    linux-2.6-x86-more-general-id-for-phoenix-bios.patch
    linux-2.6-xen-dont-reserve-2-pages-of-padding.patch
    linux-2.6-usb-ehci-fix-sb700-subsystem-hang.patch
    linux-2.6-usb-usbmon-fix-read.patch
    linux-2.6-libata-avoid-overflow-with-large-disks.patch
    linux-2.6-pci-fix-pciehp.patch
    linux-2.6-input.git-atkbd-add-quirk-for-inventec.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-2.6.28-backport-fixups.patch
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-2.6.28-rc3-git6.patch
  Added patches:
    linux-2.6.27-ext4-rename-ext4dev-to-ext4.patch
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-139
- ALSA 1.0.18a
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-alsa-ac97-whitelist.patch
    linux-2.6-alsa-ac97-whitelist-AD1981B.patch
    linux-2.6-alsa-revo51-headphone.patch
    linux-2.6-olpc-speaker-out.patch
* Mon Dec  8 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-138
- Fix PCI config space size on AMD Barcelona.
* Wed Dec  3 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-137
- Update applesmc driver to 2.6.28-rc7-git1
  Adds: module autoloading
* Wed Dec  3 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-136
- radeon: fix AGP harder than the last time.
* Tue Dec  2 2008 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-135
- Backported ath9k DMA fixes from pre-2.6.28
- Drop patch to disable ath9k when swiotlb is in use
* Tue Dec  2 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-134
- radeon: fix IGP aperture sizing (#473895)
* Mon Dec  1 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-133
- drm-next.patch: drm/intel: fix VT switch issue harder.
* Sun Nov 30 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-132
- radeon: another AGP fix for r500 cards falling back to PCIE
* Sun Nov 30 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-131
- radeon: fix card posting, module unload and radeon AGP issues
* Thu Nov 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-130
- Additional fixes for 64K lowmem reservation:
  - More general matching for Phoenix BIOS
  - Fix Xen when low 64K is reserved
* Thu Nov 27 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-129
- Update applesmc driver to 2.6.28-rc6-git1
  Adds: iMac 5/6/8, Macbook 4/5, Macbook Pro 5, generic MacPro
* Thu Nov 27 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-128
- drm: intel rebase with upstream fixes - radeon add larger GART size
* Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-127
- Two USB patches scheduled for the next -stable release.
* Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-126
- Fix Zepto notebook multimedia keys (F9#460237)
- Fix Dell XPS 1530 trackpad (F9#448656)
* Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.7-125
- Linux 2.6.27.7
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6.27-sony-laptop-suspend-fix.patch
    linux-2.6-hostap-skb-cb-hack.patch
    linux-2.6-wireless-iwlagn-avoid-sleep-in-softirq.patch
* Tue Nov 25 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27.6-124
- Linux 2.6.27.6
  Dropped patches:
    linux-2.6-acpi-dock-avoid-check-sta-method.patch
    linux-2.6-blk-cciss-fix-regression-sysfs-symlink-missing.patch
  Updated patch:
    linux-2.6-netdev-r8169-2.6.28.patch
  New config variable:
    CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW_64K=y
* Mon Nov 24 2008 Dave Airlie <airlied at redhat.com> 2.6.27.5-123
- radeon: hopefully fix rs690 and rs480 GART invalidation
* Wed Nov 19 2008 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> 2.6.27.5-122
- selinux: recognize netlink messages for 'ip addrlabel' (#469423)
* Wed Nov 19 2008 Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> 2.6.27.5-121
- Update uvcvideo to latest git
- Patch uvcvideo to not make older logitech cams crash (bz 472217)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #527534 - CVE-2009-2908 kernel ecryptfs NULL pointer dereference
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527534
  [ 2 ] Bug #528887 - CVE-2009-2909 kernel: ax25 stack overflow
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528887
  [ 3 ] Bug #526788 - CVE-2009-2910 kernel: x86_64 32 bit process register leak
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526788
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