From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261438AbULVT0I (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:26:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261445AbULVT0I (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:26:08 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:7595 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261438AbULVTZ7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:25:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:02:35 -0200 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Linux 2.4.29-pre3 Message-ID: <20041222170235.GH3088@logos.cnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Here goes the third -pre of 2.4.29. More importantly this release contains a correction for the "int 0x80 hole" security problem in AMD64 port (CAN-2004-1144). It also contains a few important v2.6 backports (tty/ldisc and pty races), some hardening patches from Solar (none of those are exploitable bugs, just paranoic/early error detection), and a few networking updates. This release should also fix the "NFS hang on unlink" issues present in v2.4.28. It should appear in the kernel.org mirrors in a few minutes. Summary of changes from v2.4.29-pre2 to v2.4.29-pre3 ============================================ : o Remove msleep() definitions from sx8.c and forcedeth.c: it is generic now Andi Kleen: o x86_64: fix signal restart bug o [CAN-2004-1144] Fix int 0x80 hole in 2.4 x86-64 linux kernels Andries E. Brouwer: o do not use CONFIG_BLK_STATS Chris Wright: o a.out: error check on set_brk o Backport of 2.6 fix to insert_vm_struct to make it return an error rather than BUG() David S. Miller: o [SPARC]: Adjust 32-bit ELF_ET_DYN_BASE Geert Uytterhoeven: o m68k: fix incorrect config comment in check_bugs() H. J. Lu: o backport v2.6: Fix pty race condition Ian Abbott: o serial closing_wait and close_delay used from wrong data structure Marcelo Tosatti: o Solar Designer: Fix do_follow_link() comment o Jason Baron: Backport v2.6 tty/ldisc locking fixes o Move msleep() from libata-compat.h to generic headers o Cset exclude: akpm@osdl.org|ChangeSet|20041218001750|00972 o Changed EXTRAVERSION to -pre3 o Cset exclude: trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no|ChangeSet|20040521160141|29598 o Fix NFS hang on unlink problems: cset exclude: trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no|ChangeSet|20041110174036|20706 Simon Horman: o binfmt_elf force_sig arguments fix Solar Designer: o Fix booting off USB CD-ROMs (do_mounts.c) o binfmt_elf fix return error codes and early corrupt binary detection o procfs enhanced error reporting o sysctl: block bogus argument earlier o stronger (paranoic) mremap argument checking Stephen Hemminger: o [TCP]: Missing newline character in printk o [PKT_SCHED]: netem: restart device after inserting packets Thomas Graf: o [PKT_SCHED]: Fix double locking in tcindex destroy path