Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and
maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. This is the second
regular update.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

General Kernel Feature Support:

* rebase xen packages to version 3.1.2
* performance improvements and bug fixes for GFS2
* update utrace support
* add eCryptfs support
* add NFS server support for 32-bit clients, and 64-bit inodes
* add memory accounting in UDP
* add RFC 4303 compliant auditing support
* add new algorithms and interfaces in IPsec
* add authenc in crypto library

General Platform Support:

* update on-demand governor driver
* enable config options for IPMI panic handling
* add HDMI support for AMD and ATI integrated chipsets
* update OFED support to v1.3
* update FireWire support to latest upstream
* eliminate erroneous PCI Rom warning messages
* add support to offline CPU when realtime processes are running

Architecture Specific Support:

x86, AMD64, Intel(R) 64:

* add support of pci=norom boot parameter to disable p2p rom window
* enable pci=bfsort
* increase boot command line size to 2048 for 64-bit architectures
* add event based profiling support to AMD Greyhound systems
* add Intel Dynamic Acceleration Technology

Intel(R) 64:

* add CMCI for hot-plugged processors
* remove Intel(R) 64 stack hard limit of DEFAULT_USER_STACK_SIZE
* add zonelist order sysctl/boot option on NUMA systems

64-bit PowerPC:

* add OProfile support to IBM Cell/B.E. platforms
* update PMI driver for Cell blades
* enable support of FB_RADEON driver for IBM Power6 blades
* update ehea driver to latest upstream
* add Scaled Processor Utilization of Resources Register SPURR support
* boot Cell blades with more than 2GB memory
* improve watchpoint support in GDB for power platform
* improve hugepage allocation with memory-less nodes
* add SLB shadow buffer support

IBM System z:

* add large page support to IBM System z
* add IBM eServer zSeries HiperSockets MAC layer routing and IP packet
support
* add IBM z/VM monitor stream state 2 application support
* add support for IBM z/VM DIAG 2FC for HYPFS
* add AF_IUCV Protocol support on BSD socket interface
* add dynamic CHPID reconfiguration support via SCLP

New Driver Support or Driver Updates:

Miscellaneous Driver Updates:

* add R500/R600 drm driver (X11 deccelerator driver) support
* add trust computing/trust platfrom module
* add support for Realtek ALC888S codec

Network Driver Updates:

* add bnx2x driver for Broadcom 10GbE hardware
* add dm9601 driver support for DAVICOM's ZT6688
* update bnx2, e1000, e1000e, tg3, forcedeth, igb, ixgb, and cxgb3 drivers
* add WEXT scan capabilities to wireless extensions API
* update mac80211/iwl4965 infrastructure
* update cfg80211 driver to support mac80211/iwl4965
* update ixgbe driver to support new Intel 10GbE hardware
* add r8169 driver support for Realtek 8111c and 8101e loms
* update bonding, netxen, and ioatdma driver

Storage Driver Updates:

* update aic94xx, areca, aacraid, cciss, ibmvSCSI driver
* update ipr driver to add dual SAS RAID controller support
* add iSCSI Boot Firmware Table tool support
* update qla2xxx, mpt-fusion, lpfc, stex, megaraid_sas
* update firmwire for Qlogic 25xxx
* update SATA driver and infrastructure
* add SB800/SB700/SB600 SATA/LAN support
* add DRAC4 hotplug support
* add hotplug docking support for some laptops
* add uevent, and kobject to device mapper infrastructure for xDR/GDPs
* update device mapper support

For a comprehensive list of kernel-related updates, refer to the latest
version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 release notes on:

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages,
which apply these kernel updates.

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

209411 - FEAT:5.2: ioatdma 1.9 or higher required for better I/OAT performance
210178 - md: write behind feature does not work on big endian machines
216722 - X-server is unable to start on E7221 with default xorg.conf
218298 - bte_unaligned_copy transfers extra cache line beyond end of page
219338 - md 32bit compat ioctls missing on 64bit kernels
221282 - udf: support files larger than 1G
221554 - Spurious BUG_ON causes kernel to not boot
221612 - ia64: show_mem() for sparsemem NUMA
223827 - Kernel oops with non-MLS/MCS SELinux policy
224373 - kexec or kdump hangs on ES7000/ONE
224541 - oops in vsyscall_sysctl_change()
224679 - FEAT: Executing >2GB binaries with <2GB code but >2GB debug
230717 - kernel panic with ciss driver upon kdump/kexec execution w/DLx85 platforms
231442 - kernel fails to add AT_NULL terminator to auxiliary vector
232748 - X crashes during logout on x86_64 system with i945 graphics and XD disabled
232885 - HSDPA Performance with Sierra MC8755
234426 - LSPP: Interrupted syscalls do not have the correct errno value in the audit log
236719 - Nokia phone causes BUG from usbnet probe
237326 - md: read past end of bitmap file causes md device initialization to fail
239061 - Include audit patch for segfault detection
239673 - RHEL 5: stalled installation over HP Compaq 7700
240006 - mmap of VGA frame buffer causes MCA on ia64
241338 - ide0=noprobe kills the kernel
241540 - NBD module in RHEL5 deadlocks (regression)
241728 - [LSPP] loginuid read race
241899 - ACPI3.0b Package parameter support
242813 - [RHEL 5] audit functionality to trace session-level user activity
242955 - CIPSO packets generate kernel unaligned access messages
245042 - make new RHEL5 NFS symlink code use GFP_HIGHUSER for pagecache
245217 - misc ia64 dbs cleanup
245674 - cifsd is not userspace signal-safe
245715 - lvs syncdaemon causes 1.00 too high average load on system
245823 - [LSI-E 5.2 bug] I/O terminates on linux system due to Out Of Memory
246130 - [rhts] ia64 acpi complains of errors
246722 - backport receive window mgmt code to for SCTP to RHEL5
246723 - backport optimistic DAD patch from upstream
247118 - RFE: Update kernel-2.6.spec
247174 - bogus arguments to PTRACE_POKEUSER makes IA64 kernel crash
247379 - "irqpoll": misrouted interrupts deadlocks
247596 - ACPICA: allow Load(OEMx) tables
247877 - dm-mirror: spinlock in write_callback has the potential for deadlock
247982 - need a way to disable ide drivers
248052 - Clients unable to connect to an IPv6 server socket
248534 - [PATCH] rfe: update r8169 to support PCI-X cards
248716 - Module MPPE cause kernel panic.
249415 - [RHEL-5] linuxwacom support for intuos 3, Model PTZ-1230/G
249728 - xenbus has use-after-free in drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
250427 - kernel panic when installing 32-bit guest on 64-bit host
250442 - Kernel memory leaks in audit code paths
250537 - [PATCH] jbd: wait for already submitted t_sync_datalist buffer to complete (Possibility of in-place data destruction)
250766 - kernel panic in 32-bit domU when running on x86_64 dom0
250994 - [RHEL5]: Softlockup after save/restore in PV guest
251043 - [RHEL5 U1] [ia64] Kernel test failing under limited memory
251189 - Kernel build leaves kabideps files in %{_tmppath}
251527 - Fake ARP dropped after migration leading to loss of network connectivity
251557 - [Promise 5.2 feat] Update stex driver to version 3.6.0102.2
251902 - bonding 802.3ad does not work
252264 - need to backport ipv6_addr_type patch to RHEL 5.2
253337 - AIO not shown by iostat, top, etc.
253449 - FEAT: Support for new Chelsio 10G Ethernet Controller and OFED driver
253476 - add a new /proc/modules like interface for module licensing metadata
253663 - NFS: System crashes trying to force umount a unresponsive, interruptible mount, which holds references to silly renamed files.
253785 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla3xxx new 4032 chip does not work with VLAN
253850 - Need to backport kernel vmcore notes changes for makedumpfile
253873 - [RHEL5] SIGTTIN may terminate read() with -ERESTARTSYS
253989 - iSCSI Hangs on reboot
254208 - Xen: Mapping random guest pages returns the wrong information
254234 - sunhme does not work
256001 - iwlwifi4965, ping cannot work under IBSS mode
264721 - [NetApp-N 5.2 bug] NFS client isn't setting callback address properly
268001 - bonding: Fix use after free in unregister path
272201 - [Xen] vmalloc/vfree on HVM Guest/IA64 does untolerate performance.
282881 - FEAT RHEL5.2: Kernel Symbols for Driver Update Program (mca.ko ia64)
284531 - OBJ_PID audit event missing CAPP information
294811 - kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:590 during suspend/resume testing
294881 - Kernel panic when mounting with insecure ports
295501 - RFE: Add EDAC driver for Intel 3000/3010 chipsets
296531 - LTC:38943: 201138: Enhancing the active-backup mode of the Bonding driver.
300871 - Busy status on tape write results in incorrect residual returned to tape driver
307431 - GFS2: security_eo_get() uses permission() when it should use security_inode_getxattr()
308971 - rapid block device plug / unplug leads to kernel crash and/or soft lockup
309461 - utrace: tkill(SIGCONT) is not reported by waitpid() under ptrace
309551 - utrace: SA_RESETHAND fails on 1st PTRACE_CONT(sig)
309761 - utrace: ptrace operations create unkillable process eating 100% cpu
310801 - Register backing store bug.
314571 - RHEL 5.2: SB700 contains two IDE channels
315471 - [RHEL 5.2]: Tick divider bugs on x86_64
316371 - 32-bit PAE HV hardware limitation > 4GB memory
318061 - Not able to unblock/cancel a thread waiting on a lock from another thread.
318891 - Rebase Xen Hypervisor to 3.1.2
321111 - Increase in RHEL3 vs. RHEL5 NFS operations (Part II)
325451 - ptrace compatibility problem with PTRACE_{PEEK,POKE}USR_AREA
328321 - [RHEL5.2]: Xen 3.1.1 swiotlb fixes
329431 - CIFS with MS-Windows Fileserver: Data loss caused by ignoring quota
329791 - systemtap user-space probes, kernel side
330181 - [Broadcom 5.2 bug] Performance regression on 5705 TG3 NICs
336541 - RHEL5: Add register dump to softlockup warning messages
356061 - fix iscsi_tcp write out
357391 - RHEL5: Race in smp-linux kernel (nmi.c)
358591 - Missing TLB flush with SVM ASIDs
358751 - DLM: dump more lock values
358771 - zero unused parts of sockaddr_storage
358791 - DLM : fix memory leak in dlm_add_member
358821 - DLM: block dlm_recv in recovery transition
358841 - bind connections from known local address when using TCP
358871 - dm-mirror: incorrect order of mirror presuspend ops causes cluster mirror hang
358881 - dm-mirror: shedule_timeout() call causing big process slowdowns - primarily w/ cluster mirrors
360151 - kernel dm: panic on shrinking device size
360441 - kernel dm: some dm ioctl can fail with 32bit userspace and 64bit kernel
360571 - kernel dm: bd_mount_sem counter corruption
360621 - kernel dm crypt: memory leaks and workqueue memory exhaustion
363901 - GFS2: sysfs "id" file should contain device id
363961 - [Areca 5.2 feat] Update arcmsr to 1.20.00.15.RH
364351 - NFS: Fix directory caching problem - with test case and patch.
367251 - Add variable softlockup timeout
368851 - kernel maintainter holder bug
369561 - RHEL5.1 kernel not reclaiming NFS locks when server reboots
370341 - PVFB frontend can send bogus screen updates
370421 - Upgrade firewire stack to latest upstream
371341 - upgrade to 5.1 breaks autofs for automounted home directories
371791 - RHEL 5.1 x64 xen does not work with 256GB memory
371971 - Rpm install on ppc fails due to missing symbol (__clear_user)
373741 - oops on second CIFS mount to server when null auth is used
385681 - Backport upstream sk_buff and ip/tcp header functions to rhel5
388661 - cluster mirrors should not be attempted when cmirror modules are not loaded
390071 - IPv6 layer wrongly delivers multicast packet to upper layer
392351 - Long Delay before OOMKill launches
394581 - Enforce report_lost_ticks boot time parameter in time.c
401631 - Add the word 'Warning' in check_nmi_watchdog() output
403821 - Add round_jiffies to kernel ABI whitelists
404561 - don't print common non-errors
404571 - DLM: check kthread_should_stop when waiting
404711 - GFS2: Recursive locking on rgrp in gfs2_rename causes kernel BUG
405521 - forcedeth hangs on loading
408551 - All PCI express config registers are not accessible with RHEL5, with RHEL4 this works.
409221 - DLM: panic after device_write
410531 - Kernel fails to audit netmask on IPsec SPD events
410811 - [Stratus 5.2 Regression] Xen 3.1.2 hypervisor corrupts reserved memory below 16M
412721 - Performance concenrs with RHEL3 PV VNIF/VBD drivers (RHEL3u8) , high softirq rate compared to non-PV driver
413941 - powernow-k8 requires SMP to build
417961 - Update CIFS for RHEL5.2
418721 - IPMI update for RHEL 5.2
419171 - RHEL5.2: Linux support for the architrectural pstate driver
421021 - Hypervisor changes post 3.1.x needed to enable hardware
421441 - kernel dm-crypt: possible max_phys_segments violation
421451 - kernel dm-snapshot: excessive memory usage
422681 - GFS2: with gfs2, permission denied on first attempt to run an executable
423731 - i386 dom0 kdump vmcore file created with bogus notes section
423791 - unregister_netdevice: waiting for tap1 to become free. Usage count = 1
424511 - kdump broken on x86_64 between -45 and -58
425471 - [RHEL5.2]: Under load, an i386 PV guest on i386 HV will hang during save/restore
426172 - FEAT: RHEL 5.2 Intel Tolapai cpucache patch
426200 - Fix Xenoprof not to lose samples for passive domains
426234 - NULL pointer deference in sctp_get_port
426327 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx: regression fix for infinite-login-retry fix
426793 - CMCI is left disabled on hot-added processors
426904 - IPv6 TAHI RH0 RFC5095 update
427205 - RHEL5, make tcp_input_metrics() get minimum RTO via tcp_rto_min()
427368 - WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-62.el5/kernel/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.ko needs unknown symbol __udivdi3
427423 - [RHEL 5.2]: Build warning on i686 with -62 kernel
427472 - Backport patch from 2.6.19 allowing fs' to manually d_move() inside of ->rename()
427528 - assist NetworkManager in supporting hidden SSID networks
428124 - [Xen][5.2][IA64] domHVM with pagesize 4k hangs.
428143 - rtnetlink userland API change mid-release; 2.6.18-52 -> 2.6.18-59
428291 - GFS2: Reduce gfs2 memory requirements
428331 - booting with maxcpus=1 panics when starting cpufreq service
428479 - Fix a bug in the TSC synchronize code
428612 - RHEL 5.1 regression in hugepages due to pagetable sharing patch
428693 - [RHEL5 U2] kernel BUG at kernel/utrace.c:345!
428920 - user data corruption on misaligned access with certain FP instructions
428945 - rhel5.2 sata driver update patch caused kernel panic
428963 - RHEL5.2: HDMI Audio support for AMD ATI chipsets
429074 - invalid /usr/include/asm/gcc_intrin.h
429109 - NFSD acl support broken due to typo
429168 - GFS2: Kernel BUG at mm/filemap.c:553
429205 - RHEL5-U2 panics when using hugepages
429417 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel SKB BUG: Invalid truesize (1580) len=1514, sizeof(sk_buff)=172
429747 - [Stratus 5.2 bug] md resync "repair" functionality is broken
429755 - Null bytes in files access by 2 or more NFS clients
429877 - [Areca 5.2 bug] Update arcmsr to 1.20.00.15.RH 2007/12/24 (refreshed)
430130 - iscsi modules need to set the module reference in the host template
430310 - [RHEL5.2]: In a domU, all tasks are taskset to cpu 0 by default
430662 - backport hptiop driver updates from upstream kernel
430722 - [RHEL5 U2] e1000e network issues while running kernel-xen variant
430725 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx - Incorrect firmware loaded for qla25xx
430729 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx - Updated firmware for 25xx, 8 Gb/S adapters
430938 - RHEL5.2: Improved Power Now! in Xen support on 2nd generation Opteron systems
430940 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel-xen reports "failed to set up cpufreq notifier" while booting on some systems
430947 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel reports BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 16s! [scsi_eh_1:526] during boot
431001 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel-xen Panic on CPU 1: ia64_fault, When trying to install a xen guest
431004 - [RHEL5-U2] Kernel e1000e: 0000:00:1c.0: eth0: Unable to allocate MSI interrupt Error: -1
431052 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx - update version number to reflect 8 Gb/S changes
432343 - e1000e: Wakeup-on-Lan does not work
432370 - GFS2: -fatal: assertion "test_bit(HIF_HOLDER, &gh->gh_iflags)" failed
432626 - nlm_blocked refcount leak
432652 - RHEL5.2: Modify SATA IDE mode quirk
432824 - GFS2: warning: assertion "al->al_alloced" failed in alloc_page_backing
433038 - X fails to start on IBM Power5
433481 - sg: cap reserved_size values to max_sectors
433554 - [RHEL5 U2] Kernel-xen PCI-DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space for 57344 bytes at device 0000:03:04.0
433671 - pci=nommconf required for montpelier and johannesburg to boot
434158 - [AUDIT] printk ratelimiting can cause a regression (panic)
434736 - GFS2: gfs2_adjust_quota has broken unstuffing code
434741 - AMD SB700/SB800 SATA support 64bit DMA
434792 - Add HP DL580G5 to bfsort whitelist
434992 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla2xxx - flash manipulation can make system unusable >8.02.00-k5-rhel5.2-03
435243 - Cannot create an SA with AH
435456 - GFS2: Optimise loop in gfs2_bitfit
435658 - HDMI Audio patch for AMD ATI chipsets
435670 - RHEL5.2: USB stress test failure on AMD SBX00
436131 - CVE-2008-1367 [RHEL5] Kernel doesn't clear DF for signal handlers
436267 - Cannot create an SA with ESP enc only or AH only
436351 - Running Xen hypervisor inside a fullyvirt guest, crashes the host
436775 - Xen: Add "Warning" to the output of the "time went backwards" message
437252 - kernel: Timer ISR/0: Time went backwards
437412 - System reboots when X started on dom0
438032 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] Negotiation issues with new switches - update firmware to 8.02.00-k5-rhel5.2-04
438214 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla4xxx: Fix scsi completion, lun reset code
438720 - Export smp_call_function_single on x86_64
438741 - kernel panic due to HP Watchdog firing (hpwdt)
438776 - kernel panic with ib_ipath module with kernel 2.6.18-85.el5.x86_64
438919 - RHEL5.2: add cantiga IDs to agpgart driver
439254 - Xen hypervisor doesn't detect Penryn cpu_model correctly
439304 - [RHEL5.2] makedumpfile fails reducing dumpfile size
439316 - [QLogic 5.2 bug] qla4xxx: Fix driver version - addendum to Bugzilla 438214 Fix scsi completion, lun reset code
439380 - Both the bay.c and ibm_acpi drivers are functional at the same time
439874 - IPV6DOD: 2.6.18-87.el5 kernel crashes when using ipsec with aes-xcbc-mac and UDP on ppc64.
441390 - Memory corruption due to VNIF increase
441425 - IPV6DOD: aes-ctr definition needs to be added to xfrm_nalgo.c
441779 - [QLogic 5.2] revert [Bug 253267] qla2xxx - PCI EE error handling support
442101 - Oops in 2.6.18-89.el5 kernel while running stress-kernel
442368 - [RHEL5.2] [Regression] kdump by INIT does not work

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5906
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2365

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