Changelog
linux-2.6 (2.6.26-9) unstable; urgency=low
[ Bastian Blank ]
* Add stable release 2.6.26.6:
- mm owner: fix race between swapoff and exit
- rtc: fix kernel panic on second use of SIGIO nofitication
- fbcon: fix monochrome color value calculation
- ALSA: snd-powermac: HP detection for 1st iMac G3 SL
- ALSA: snd-powermac: mixers for PowerMac G4 AGP
- sparc64: Fix missing devices due to PCI bridge test in
of_create_pci_dev().
- sparc64: Fix disappearing PCI devices on e3500.
- sparc64: Fix OOPS in psycho_pcierr_intr_other().
- sparc64: Fix interrupt register calculations on Psycho and Sabre.
- sparc64: Fix PCI error interrupt registry on PSYCHO.
- udp: Fix rcv socket locking
- sctp: Fix oops when INIT-ACK indicates that peer doesn't support AUTH
(CVE-2008-4576)
- sctp: do not enable peer features if we can't do them.
- ipsec: Fix pskb_expand_head corruption in xfrm_state_check_space
- netlink: fix overrun in attribute iteration
- niu: panic on reset
- ipv6: Fix OOPS in ip6_dst_lookup_tail().
- XFRM,IPv6: initialize ip6_dst_blackhole_ops.kmem_cachep
- af_key: Free dumping state on socket close
- pcmcia: Fix broken abuse of dev->driver_data
- clockevents: remove WARN_ON which was used to gather information
- ntp: fix calculation of the next jiffie to trigger RTC sync
- x86: HPET: read back compare register before reading counter
- x86: HPET fix moronic 32/64bit thinko
- clockevents: broadcast fixup possible waiters
- HPET: make minimum reprogramming delta useful
- clockevents: prevent endless loop lockup
- clockevents: prevent multiple init/shutdown
- clockevents: enforce reprogram in oneshot setup
- clockevents: prevent endless loop in periodic broadcast handler
- clockevents: prevent clockevent event_handler ending up handler_noop
- x86: fix memmap=exactmap boot argument
- x86: add io delay quirk for Presario F700
- ACPI: Avoid bogus EC timeout when EC is in Polling mode
- x86: fix SMP alternatives: use mutex instead of spinlock, text_poke is
sleepable
- rtc: fix deadlock
- mm: dirty page tracking race fix
- x86-64: fix overlap of modules and fixmap areas
- x86: PAT proper tracking of set_memory_uc and friends
- x86: fix oprofile + hibernation badness
- x86: fdiv bug detection fix
- rt2x00: Use ieee80211_hw->workqueue again
- x86: Fix 27-rc crash on vsmp due to paravirt during module load
- sg: disable interrupts inside sg_copy_buffer
- ocfs2: Increment the reference count of an already-active stack.
- APIC routing fix
- sched: fix process time monotonicity
- block: submit_bh() inadvertently discards barrier flag on a sync write
- x64, fpu: fix possible FPU leakage in error conditions
- x86-64: Clean up save/restore_i387() usage
- KVM: SVM: fix guest global tlb flushes with NPT
- KVM: SVM: fix random segfaults with NPT enabled
- ALSA: remove unneeded power_mutex lock in snd_pcm_drop
- ALSA: fix locking in snd_pcm_open*() and snd_rawmidi_open*()
- ALSA: oxygen: fix distorted output on AK4396-based cards
- ALSA: hda - Fix model for Dell Inspiron 1525
- SCSI: qla2xxx: Defer enablement of RISC interrupts until ISP
initialization completes.
- USB: fix hcd interrupt disabling
- smb.h: do not include linux/time.h in userspace
- pxa2xx_spi: fix build breakage
- pxa2xx_spi: chipselect bugfixes
- pxa2xx_spi: dma bugfixes
- mm: mark the correct zone as full when scanning zonelists
- async_tx: fix the bug in async_tx_run_dependencies
- drivers/mmc/card/block.c: fix refcount leak in mmc_block_open()
- ixgbe: initialize interrupt throttle rate
- i2c-dev: Return correct error code on class_create() failure
- x86-32: AMD c1e force timer broadcast late
* [x86] Update patch to detect not properly announced cmos RTC devices.
* [xen] Overtake hvc console by default.
[ maximilian attems ]
* [openvz] ip: NULL pointer dereferrence in tcp_v(4|6)_send_ack
(closes: #500472)
* [openvz] unset NF_CONNTRACK_IPV6 for now until abi bump.
[ Stephen R. Marenka ]
* [m68k] add patches to fix atari ethernec per Michael Schmitz:
atari-ethernec-IRQF_SHARED.diff and atari-ethernec-fixes.diff.
* [m68k] add mac-esp-fix-for-quadras-with-two-esp-chips.diff to fix macs
with dual scsi busses and a problem with xorg, per Finn Thain.
* [m68k] add atari-atari_keyb_init-operator-precedence.diff per
Michael Schmitz.
* [m68k] more mac patches, per Finn Thain.
[ Martin Michlmayr ]
* [arm/ixp4xx] Enable USB_ATM and USB_SPEEDTOUCH (closes: #502182).
* [arm/iop32x, arm/orion5x] Likewise.
* DNS-323: read MAC address from flash (Matthew Palmer).
[ dann frazier ]
* Restrict access to the DRM_I915_HWS_ADDR ioctl (CVE-2008-3831)
* Don't allow splicing to files opened with O_APPEND (CVE-2008-4554)
-- Bastian Blank <email address hidden> Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:14:22 +0200
