Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support
and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

This is the fifth regular update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

New features introduced in this update include:

* Xen paravirt kernels for x86/x86_64*
* CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS is increased to 64
* implement diskdump support for sata_nv driver
* implement diskdump support for ibmvscsi driver
* add netdump support to 8139cp driver
* update CIFS to 1.45

Added Platform support:

* add support to allow disabling of MSI on PHX6700/6702 SHPC
* add support for Intel ICH9 chipset
* add PCIe power management quirk
* add support for H206 processor PowerNow! with new freqency control
* add support for AMD quad-core systems
* add support for RDTSCP
* add MCE Thresholding support for AMD 0x10 family processors
* add PCI-Express support for Altix
* add support for eClipz
* add new ppc host ethernet adapter device driver
* update SHUB2 hardware support

The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions:

3w-9xxx: 2.26.04.010 to 2.26.05.007
ahci: 1.2 to 2.0
ata_piix: 1.05 to 2.00ac7
bnx2: 1.4.38 to 1.4.43-rh
bonding: 2.6.3 to 2.6.3-rh
cciss: 2.6.10 to 2.6.14
e1000: 7.0.33-k2-NAPI to 7.2.7-k2-NAPI
ibmvscsic: 1.5.6 to 1.5.7
ipr: 2.0.11.2 to 2.0.11.4
ixgb: 1.0.100-k2-NAPI to 1.0.109-k2-NAPI
libata: 1.20 to 2.00
megaraid_mm: 2.20.2.6 to 2.20.2.6rh
megaraid_sas: 00.00.02.03-RH1 to 00.00.03.05
mptbase: 3.02.62.01rh to 3.02.73rh
pdc_adma: 0.03 to 0.04
qla2100: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
qla2200: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
qla2300: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
qla2322: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
qla2400: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
qla2xxx: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
qla6312: 8.01.04-d7 to 8.01.04-d8-rh1
r8169: 1.2 to 2.2LK-NAPI
sata_mv: 0.6 to 0.7
sata_nv: 0.8 to 3.2
sata_promise: 1.04 to 1.05
sata_qstor: 0.05 to 0.06
sata_sil: 0.9 to 2.0
sata_sis: 0.5 to 0.6
sata_svw: 1.07 to 2.0
sata_sx4: 0.8 to 0.9
sata_uli: 0.5 to 1.0
sata_via: 1.1 to 2.0
sata_vsc: 1.2 to 2.0
sky2: 1.1 to 1.6
stex: 2.9.0.13 to 3.0.0.1
tg3: 3.52-rh to 3.64-rh

Infiniband update from 1.0 to OFED-1.1 code base

There were several bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing
effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement
in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

143897 - [EMC/Symantec RHEL 4.5 FEAT] NFS can't handle minor number greater than 255
149620 - megaraid driver always fails to reset adapter
155929 - Linux NFSv4 client doesn't return a delegation before removing a file
158363 - Assert panic in fs/jbd/commit.c:790:journal_commit_transaction()
159733 - Time source instable
161591 - scsi_cd_put: inverted refcounting
167398 - connections don't expire when ipvs receives lots of incoming ICMPs
167715 - ipv6 badness in dst_release at include/net/dst.h:149
168801 - kernel dm multipath: ioctl support
172357 - CVE-2005-3257 loadkeys key bindings
172476 - netpoll: avoid kfree_skb on packets with destructors
172730 - via epia chipset hangs with longhaul code
174397 - need driver for ULi M5289
175869 - kernel "make xconfig" and "make gconfig" will not complete
176455 - [CM] [RHEL4] IPSec Kernel Bug
176738 - Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000020 RIP: <ffffffffa006dfc6>{:jbd:journal_dirty_metadata+71}
176879 - shost->host_busy count is set to -1
177429 - kernel memory leak in mousedev_release
177624 - Rebuild of 2.6.9-27 with CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y fails
180980 - tcpdump -i ib0 not working with OpenIB IPoIb
183211 - Panic on mount with rescue CD
183665 - sys_mbind sanity checking
184396 - Error message on plugging out USB mouse or USB keyboard
184510 - CVE-2006-0557 get_nodes crash
185316 - VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer
185762 - Problems with EDAC module during first boot
186074 - Via Epia freezes after a few hours of operation
186325 - upstream kernel patch for global_flush_tlb missing in Red Hat kernel
186604 - NFS_ROOT reuses RPC XIDs
187183 - cifs directory listings wrong
187295 - CIFS under heavy load crashes system
187520 - locking issues in audit system
187731 - Tux panics when using symlinks
187930 - loop.c: integrate upstream changes
189238 - Wrong fragment size when using statfs on NFS
189434 - CVE-2006-1863 cifs chroot issue
189588 - pstack (gdb) is slow on ia64
189963 - [PATCH] x86_64: race in the free_iommu fast path leaks entries.
191332 - kernel panic using sctp provided by red hat AS 4 Update 2
191552 - [PATCH] x86_64: Fix a race in the free_iommu path.
191780 - [PATCH] sys32_signal() forgets to initialize ->sa_mask
191831 - kernel BUG at include/asm/spinlock.h:133!
191912 - Marvell 88E8055 Gigabit Ethernet adapter does not work
191933 - Oops with RAID0
192760 - RHAS4 U3 x86_64 largesmp kernels don't support >8 cores on AMD64
193185 - support for Sealevel 8 port serial card
193937 - need acpi_skip_timer_override on 32bit 4u3
194055 - netdump not working with 3c59x card
194408 - Intel PRO/1000 w/e1000 fails at 1Gb speed
196723 - RHEL4 U4 i386 partner beta will not install on Dylan systems
197158 - mptscsi adds DID_BUS_BUSY host status when scsi status of BUSY is returned
197797 - RHEL4: xw9400 onboard nvidia NICs don't function
197949 - amd8111e driver bug message on Celestica A8440
198657 - RHEL4-U4-B2:Kernel Panic while boot-up during installation on PE6800.
198749 - Data corruption after IO error on swap
198847 - QLogic InfiniPath problem with >= 4GB memory, DMA goes to incorrect address
199167 - Update CIFS to 1.45
199622 - failed mirror log causes mirror I/O errors
199977 - Autofs5 requested in RHEL4
200415 - ipvs: fix connection leak if expire_nodest_conn=1
201058 - x86_64 need to pass virtual address to smp_read_mpc
201219 - E1000 module kernel panics during stress test
201622 - RHEL4 paravirtualized kernel for i686
201781 - RHEL4 paravirtualized kernel for x86-64
202130 - Tyan system hangs and keyboard lights blink even when not out of resources
202412 - CVE-2005-2873 ipt_recent crash (second part)
202735 - snd-azx sound driver broken in kernel 2.6.9-42.EL on RHEL4
203894 - 4/4GB split issue in MCE handler
203897 - Only delete orphaned ext3 inodes if they've got a non-zero nlink
204063 - Raritan KVM USB dongle needs to be added to the USB HID blacklist
204281 - rmmod cifs leads to kernel panic
204791 - full snapshot removal attempt causes a panic
204940 - RHEL4 Ux: ipmi kthread s/udelay(1)/schedule()/
205001 - kernel BUG at fs/dquot.c (2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp)
207244 - [RHEL 4] idle load average climbs monotonically until reboot
207440 - [RHEL4 U4] add_partition() does not initialize read-only policy field
207668 - Running vm86old on an i686 RHEL4 PV guest causes it to stop
207669 - RHEL4 PV x86_64 race condition revolving around TLS (probably)
207672 - RHEL4 PV x86_64 cpu hotplug support
207673 - RHEL4 PV i686 cpu hotplug support
208624 - High speed USB HID devices not working
208648 - Kernel does not support VIA VT8251 Southbridge
209850 - Out of tree kernel builds fail for Xen guests
209852 - Out of tree kernel builds fail on ppc64
210779 - VSYSCALL page has invalid permissions
210852 - MegaRAID SATA RAID 150-4/6 are not supported 64-bit DMA
211486 - LTC27431-lcs: device does not recover after disable/enable or link failure
211920 - Kernel oops when loading ipmi_si module
212055 - recurring oops in bnx2_poll
212122 - 2.6.9-42.19.ELsmp kernel deadlock when IPv6 address is configured on an unplugged interface
212398 - NFS mounts freeze
214544 - netpoll_send_udp does not compute a UDP checksum
214778 - fs: error in __generic_file_aio_read
214996 - acl permissions over nfs
215931 - kernel dm: fix alloc_dev error path
215939 - kernel dm: use private biosets to avoid deadlock under memory pressure
215941 - dm mirror: remove trailing space from table
215944 - kernel dm snapshot: chunk_size parameter is not required after creation
215945 - kernel dm snapshot: fix metadata error handling
215947 - kernel dm snapshot: fix metadata writing when suspending
216895 - BUG: bringing up balanced-alb mode bond network interface
217050 - kernel dm: multipath - dereferencing uninitialized pointer in multipath_ctr
217546 - [RHEL 4.5] qla3xxx panics when eth1 (qla3xxx) is sending pings and when qla4xxx is loaded.
217581 - device-mapper mirror: Bad sync status change
217726 - kernel dm: prevent removal of open devices
217886 - Fix typo in the qla1280 reset
217932 - [RHEL4] Netdump for 8139cp driver
218266 - kernel dm crypt: possible data corruption if running over md-raid5
218664 - [RHEL4] Problem using netdump when multiple routers are involved
218777 - Kernel BUG at locks:1799
218946 - kernel dm: application visible I/O errors with dm-multipath and queue_if_no_path when adding new path
219149 - netfilter: Add some flag combinations to ip contrack to detect valid tcp flag sets
219152 - [RHEL4 U5] e1000 fix WOL (restore reboot notifier code)
219615 - device mapper: possible overwriting of extra slot in bi_io_vec
219616 - device mapper: incorrect suspend error path
219630 - device mapper multipath: round-robin path order is inverted
219730 - export iscsi portal ip address as well as current address
219761 - autofs4 - panic after mount fail (correction)
220149 - ipvs connections entries not dropped
220602 - Recent patch to aic79xx driver.
220850 - 3ware 9650SE not recognized by updated 3w-9xxx module
221273 - crash on live RHEL4 x86_64 domU fails to start
221975 - __initdata declaration causes panic in powernow-k8 driver
222229 - kernel BUG at fs/dquot.c:422!
222695 - cpqarray module fails to detect arrays
223280 - [RHEL4.5] SATA driver update
223865 - Unneeded message sprays to console causing nodes to leave cluster
227898 - flush icache early when loading module
228059 - Intel sound cards on 4.5 kernel beta may panic system on boot
228531 - [RHEL4] wacom: remove bogus le16_to_cpu() from usb_hid_config()
229780 - kernel panic when attempting to mount nfs4 filesystem twice
232526 - Urgent: RHEL4u5 beta1/beta2 backport of irq_handler_t breaks all e1000, ixgb compile
233114 - ipv6 OOPS triggerable by any user
233170 - Add 0x292c to PCI ID for ICH9

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-2873.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-3257.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2006-0557.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2006-1863.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2007-1592.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2007-3379.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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