linux: 2.6.24-29.91 -proposed tracker

[Steve Conklin]

This bug is for tracking the 2.6.24-29.91 upload package. This bug will contain status and testing results releated to that upload.

For an explanation of the tasks and the associated workflow see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/kernel-sru-workflow

[Kees Cook (kees)]

Looks good, thanks! Note that CVE-2010-4247 doesn't have an upstream commit, so it needed some manual fiddling on my end, and that the CVE-1011-2022 typo is in this changelog as well.

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

No certification testing to be done for Hardy

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

No regressions are visible. Tagging qa-testing-passed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.24-29.91

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linux (2.6.24-29.91) hardy-proposed; urgency=low

  [Steve Conklin]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #801636

  [Andy Whitcroft]

  * custom binaries need VERSION_SIGNATURE updated during prepare
    - LP: #794698

  [Stefan Bader]

  * (config) Disable COMPAT_VDSO for i386 Xen kernels
    - LP: #794715
  * XEN: Add yield points to blktap and blkback
    - LP: #791212
    - CVE-2010-4247
  * xen: Fix memory corruption caused by double free
    - LP: #705562

  [Upstream Kernel Changes]

  * agp: fix arbitrary kernel memory writes, CVE-1011-2022
    - LP: #788684
    - CVE-1011-2022
  * agp: fix OOM and buffer overflow
    - LP: #791918
    - CVE-2011-1746
  * tty: icount changeover for other main devices, CVE-2010-4076,
    CVE-2010-4077
    - LP: #794034
    - CVE-2010-4077
  * fs/partitions/efi.c: corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel
    oops
    - LP: #795418
    - CVE-2011-1577
  * Fix corrupted OSF partition table parsing
    - LP: #796606
    - CVE-2011-1163
  * proc: avoid information leaks to non-privileged processes
    - LP: #799906
    - CVE-2011-0726
  * proc: protect mm start_code/end_code in /proc/pid/stat
    - LP: #799906
    - CVE-2011-0726
  * sctp: Fix a race between ICMP protocol unreachable and connect()
    - LP: #799828
    - CVE-2010-4526
  * xen: blkback, blktap: Fix potential resource leak
    - LP: #800254
 -- Steve Conklin <email address hidden> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:59:11 -0500

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Copied to -updates/-security.

[Herton R. Krzesinski (herton)]

The package has been published and the bug is being set to Fix Released