Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:44:04 +0000 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Linux 2.4.35-pre5 |
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Hi all,
I've just released Linux 2.4.35-pre5.
It contains two important fixes. One is a fix for a regression I introduced when trying to fix CVE-2007-1353 (bluetooth), which fortunately was noticed by Marcel Holtmann. Basically, I turned a memory leak bug into a memory corruption bug :-(
The other fix is for a bug which was causing oopses when loading ide-disk as a module. This problem was reported by Zbigniew Baniewski but its cause was not obvious at all even after long debugging sessions. Finally, PaX Team noticed that init_idle() is marked __init while (indirectly) called by restinit() explicitly stating that it must not call __init functions. Once the problem identified and explained, the obvious patch definitely fixed the problem.
One of the remaining patches includes the fixes that LVM users systematically have to apply to mainline kernels (except one which is wrong). Other fixes are minor.
I will open -rc1 soon with the very few last pending updates, and I hope to be able to release an unquestionably perfect 2.4.35 around the end of this month :-)
So please, if you encounter any problems, it's the moment to complain loudly. Please not that I have not recompiled this one since LVM changes.
Regards, Willy
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The patch and changelog will appear soon at the following locations: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/ ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.35-pre5.bz2 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.35.log
Git repository: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wtarreau/linux-2.4.git http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wtarreau/linux-2.4.git/
Git repository through the gitweb interface: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/wtarreau/linux-2.4.git
Summary of changes from v2.4.35-pre4 to v2.4.35-pre5 ============================================
Brian Maly (1): fix 'pc_keyb: controller jammed (0xA7)' error on systems with KVM
Willy Tarreau (7): do not mark init_idle() __init Bluetooth: correct fix for CVE-2007-1353 [BACKPORT] Bluetooth: Fix NULL pointer dereference in HCI line discipline [BACKPORT] Bluetooth: Fix unintentional fall-through in HCI line discipline lvm: update to latest fixes from the LVM package lvm: do not update extent count if snapshot allocation fails Change VERSION to 2.4.35-pre5
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