Changelog
linux-2.6 (2.6.38-5) unstable; urgency=medium
[ Thorsten Glaser ] * [m68k] atari: Enable and compile in generic RTC * [m68k] Backport the most urgent fixes from 2.6.39 - Add helper functions to handle kernel faults, traps and exceptions better (used by the other patches below) - Add improved support for running under the ARAnyM emulator (its native features interface) and emulated hardware + block access (similar to virtio-block) + console access (redirection to stdout) + network access (Ethernet) (Closes: #599121) * [m68k] Add patch from queue fixing atarifb console output on machines with a lot of FastRAM by reserving some ST-RAM early * [m68k] Add patch from mm mailing list to fix SLUB breakage [ Aurelien Jarno ] * [mips/octeon] Disable CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU. [ Ben Hutchings ] * rt2800pci, rt2800usb: Enable experimental support for more recent chips (Closes: #623808) * [x86] staging: Enable EASYCAP as module (Closes: #624505) * Add stable 2.6.38.5, including: - p54: Initialize extra_len in p54_tx_80211 - nfsd4: Fix filp leak (regression introduced in 2.6.38.3) - radeon: PLL tweaks for R7xx - nouveau: Fix notifier memory corruption bug - radeon: Fix bad shift in atom iio table parser - [x86] i915: Sanitize the output registers after resume - [x86] ideapad: Read brightness setting on brightness key notify - ath9k_hw: Partially revert "fix dma descriptor rx error bit parsing" - [s390] pfault: fix token handling - ACPI/PM: Avoid infinite recurrence while registering power resources - [hppa] slub: Disable use with DISCONTIGMEM && !NUMA - vfs: avoid large kmalloc()s for the fdtable - agp: Fix arbitrary kernel memory writes (CVE-2011-1745) - agp: Fix OOM and buffer overflow (CVE-2011-1746) For the complete list of changes, see: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5 * [hppa] Bump ABI to 2a * mpt2sas: Prevent heap overflows and unchecked reads (CVE-2011-1494, CVE-2011-1495) * [armel] Prevent heap corruption in OABI semtimedop * can: Add missing socket check in can/bcm release (CVE-2011-1598) * ldm: Disable broken support for VBLK fragments (CVE-2011-1017) -- Ben Hutchings <email address hidden> Sat, 07 May 2011 21:24:55 +0100
