Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 kernel update

Updated kernel packages that fix several hundred bugs and add numerous
enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. This is the ninth regular update.

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

These updated kernel packages include a number of bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are
directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.9_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHBA-2013-0006

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to install these updated
packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements. The system must
be rebooted for this update to take effect.

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

To install kernel packages manually, use "rpm -ivh [package]". Do not
use "rpm -Uvh" as that will remove the running kernel binaries from
your system. You may use "rpm -e" to remove old kernels after
determining that the new kernel functions properly on your system.

560885 - kernel NULL pointer dereference at journal_dirty_metadata+0x44
604181 - [PATCH] Xen guest install from CD fails due to CD not found
650631 - Poor bonding driver performance
657575 - [xfstests 226] ext3 leak when rewriting file multiple times
678096 - insmod: error inserting '/lib/padlock..ko' : -1 No such device
749813 - 2.6.18-274 stack corruption in icmp_send() (bridge/iptables)
782001 - backport vlan support for pktgen
798809 - RHEL5.8 NFSv4 regression - "ls" returns "-ENOTDIR" when listing a subdirectory of exported mount
804809 - backport skb_frag api
809937 - Fix RPC priority queue wake up all tasks processing
814418 - NFSv4 symlink regression problem
814626 - Kernel panic with 5.8 nfs clients
818087 - WARNING: at fs/dquot.c:814 dquot_claim_reserved_space() in dmesg
834511 - Disallow system to enter S3 or S4 states if virtio devices present
837032 - xen: trivial hypervisor backports for 5.9
845034 - host kernel panic when booting win7 guest with VF and PF in rhel5.9 host
846522 - cifs: CIFSSMBQAllEAs parses xattr data wrongly
852526 - CIFS cache coherency issue
852692 - [Hyper-V pv drivers] moprobe hv_vmbus on non-Hyper-V(kvm/xen) guest with 5 secs delay
858724 - kernel: xen: change the default behaviour of CVE-2012-2934 fix
872612 - net: WARN if struct ip_options was allocated directly by kmalloc [rhel-5.9]

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.9_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHBA-2013-0006