[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: kernel-3.1.2-1.fc16

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-16237
2011-11-23 00:21:05
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 3.1.2
Release     : 1.fc16
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 3.1.2: 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.2

Additional changes: 
- Partially fix reported stalls during heavy I/O
- Fix problems with udev probing Wacom bluetooth tablets

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ChangeLog:

* Tue Nov 22 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 3.1.2-1
- Linux 3.1.2
* Sat Nov 19 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 3.1.2-0.rc1.1
- Linux 3.1.2-rc1
* Wed Nov 16 2011 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- Add compat-wireless as an option for kernel build
* Tue Nov 15 2011 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- mm: Do not stall in synchronous compaction for THP allocations
* Tue Nov 15 2011 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Backport asus-laptop changes from 3.2 (rhbz 754214)
* Mon Nov 14 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Patch from Joshua Roys to add rtl8192* to modules.networking (rhbz 753645)
- Add patch for wacom tablets for Bastien Nocera (upstream 3797ef6b6)
- Add patch to fix ip6_tunnel naming (rhbz 751165)
- Quite warning in apm_cpu_idle (rhbz 753776)
* Mon Nov 14 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com> 3.1.1-2
- CVE-2011-4131: nfs4_getfacl decoding kernel oops (rhbz 753236)
- CVE-2011-4132: jbd/jbd2: invalid value of first log block leads to oops (rhbz 753346)
* Fri Nov 11 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- Use the same naming scheme as rawhide for -stable RC kernels
  (e.g. 3.1.1-0.rc1.1 instead of 3.1.1-1.rc1)
* Fri Nov 11 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com> 3.1.1-1
- Linux 3.1.1
* Fri Nov 11 2011 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- Remove overlap between bcma/b43 and brcmsmac and reenable bcm4331
* Thu Nov 10 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>
- Sync samsung-laptop driver with what's in 3.2 (rhbz 747560)
* Wed Nov  9 2011 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 3.1.1-1.rc1
- Linux 3.1.1-rc1
- Comment out merged patches, will drop when release is final:
   ums-realtek-driver-uses-stack-memory-for-DMA.patch
   epoll-fix-spurious-lockdep-warnings.patch
   crypto-register-cryptd-first.patch
   add-macbookair41-keyboard.patch
   powerpc-Fix-deadlock-in-icswx-code.patch
   iwlagn-fix-ht_params-NULL-pointer-dereference.patch
   mmc-Always-check-for-lower-base-frequency-quirk-for-.patch
   media-DiBcom-protect-the-I2C-bufer-access.patch
   media-dib0700-protect-the-dib0700-buffer-access.patch
   WMI-properly-cleanup-devices-to-avoid-crashes.patch
   mac80211-fix-remain_off_channel-regression.patch
   mac80211-config-hw-when-going-back-on-channel.patch
* Wed Nov  9 2011 John W. Linville <linville at redhat.com>
- Backport brcm80211 from 3.2-rc1
* Tue Nov  8 2011 Neil Horman <nhorman at redhat.com>
- Add msi irq ennumeration per device in sysfs (rhbz 752176)
* Mon Nov  7 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Add two patches to fix mac80211 issues (rhbz 731365)
* Thu Nov  3 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Add commits queued for 3.2 for elantech driver (rhbz 728607)
- Fix crash when setting brightness via Fn keys on ideapads (rhbz 748210)
* Wed Nov  2 2011 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Add patch to fix oops when removing wmi module (rhbz 706574)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #754214 - Backport Pegatron Lucid support for asus-laptop to Fedora 16 kernel (ExoPC, WeTab)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754214
  [ 2 ] Bug #753645 - Missing realtek drivers in modules.networking
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753645
  [ 3 ] Bug #751165 - Tunnel Add problem in Fedora 15 since 2.6.40
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751165
  [ 4 ] Bug #753776 - [abrt] kernel: WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c:908 apm_cpu_idle+0x42/0x251()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753776
  [ 5 ] Bug #756169 - CVE-2011-4110 kernel: keys: NULL pointer deref in the user-defined key type [f-16]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=756169
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line.
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