[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Test Update: kernel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4

[Dave Jones]

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Fedora Test Update Notification
FEDORA-2006-801
2006-07-12
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Product     : Fedora Core 4
Name        : kernel
Version     : 2.6.17
Release     : 1.2142_FC4
Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
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:

Rebase to latest upstream 2.6.17.4 -stable release, which
fixes a security issue which could result in local
priveledge escalation.

More details at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.4

In addition, an optimisation was performed to use
significantly less memory for several heavily used kernel
data structures.

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* Tue Jul 11 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.17-1.2142_FC4]
- 2.6.17.4
- Disable split pagetable lock.
* Wed Jul  5 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
- Get rid of stack backtrace on panic, which in most
  cases actually caused a loss of info instead of a gain.

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This update can be downloaded from:
    http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/4/

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d14110f3f957b6ddf7ccd531b96f1aca4883176f  noarch/kernel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.src.rpm
2f308a2da24222ab6ea42f4f3f9cd34394ffc53a  ppc/kernel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.ppc.rpm
c6fa92eb0cf3954220c0fc4ef0cfdc1f7a7d020c  ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.ppc.rpm
fa3d29c982e3dba4da161ce1646cb4655b7b7145  ppc/kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.ppc.rpm
7b67bb4d13fd96168395a26118d3c4b0111f03e3  ppc/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.ppc.rpm
30146d790a2f21dc9bb662d5f05bad652e62e25f  ppc/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.ppc.rpm
628a6dc5c1272558951b3182c27ff63addbb4026  ppc/kernel-doc-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.noarch.rpm
d922eb35c09603c06b274d37288fe0c7bca5b964  x86_64/kernel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.x86_64.rpm
50543c0d20bf87eab04b9e00f780c2babf7cf3ee  x86_64/kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.x86_64.rpm
60013e423bbab943ae2a872bd5fd4654e052b445  x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.x86_64.rpm
a2b73d48d773031cc3e7674c9f01f388edbb7dc1  x86_64/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.x86_64.rpm
ead7f4ddab25bdffb8e58e15c4ff75a0db3ece60  x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.x86_64.rpm
628a6dc5c1272558951b3182c27ff63addbb4026  x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.noarch.rpm
c54805b3e2aea148be7500c24e689a5255a8dce7  i386/kernel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.i586.rpm
8b10e5fa52e2a4f754dd7097a542514890d8ef6a  i386/kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.i586.rpm
19ae1ab92d3f31bc14afde240a9a011bc6de4853  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.i586.rpm
5427939c5906c9300fef18d345d9ef283e78335e  i386/kernel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.i686.rpm
1f1ce95d3efb9afd35e6e184d4bb8f3e45c48e79  i386/kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.i686.rpm
48e44e71872ffa756c1ebbc43a9d458f741d2a56  i386/kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.i686.rpm
02db4b6f263493cbec0ef873742c726ed49a3b08  i386/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.i686.rpm
2dd2a1a5ce43070f783b42f3616d605f449024c5  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.i686.rpm
628a6dc5c1272558951b3182c27ff63addbb4026  i386/kernel-doc-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4.noarch.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program.  Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line.  For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.
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