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Kernel patches

2006-11-02 kernel 2.4.21 bug fix patch 36 ("June 2003")

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linux-2.4.21-s390-36-june2003.tar.gz / MD5 ... accumulated patch, recommended (2006-11-02)

linux-2.4.21-s390-36-june2003-patches.tar.gz / MD5 ... per problem patches, recommended (2006-11-02)

These patches contain the following linux kernel bug fixes:

Description:
kernel: user readable uninitialized kernel memory.
Symptom:
None.
Problem:
A user space program can read uninitialized kernel memory by appending to a file from a bad address and then reading the result back. The cause is the copy_from_user function that does not clear the remaining bytes of the kernel buffer after it got a fault on the user space address.
Solution:
Fix the copy_from_user function to clear the remaining bytes of the kernel buffer after a user space fault.
Problem-ID:
27706
Description:
qeth: stack trace with msg 'inconsistent lock state'.
Symptom:
messages
[ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
inconsistent {in-softirq-W} -> {softirq-on-W} usage.
modprobe/758 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
(&tbl->lock){-+-.}, at: [<000000008080c396>].
qeth_init+0x396/0x4e4 [qeth]
Problem:
This was discovered on a higher kernel level using the service 'Lock dependency validator'.
Solution:
bhs must be disabled when accessing neighbor tables.
Problem-ID:
26014

Everybody should apply this patch.

To create the complete linux kernel sources, the following patches need to be applied in sequence:

linux-2.4.21.tar.gz (see www.kernel.org)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-01-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-02-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-03-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-04-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-05-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-06-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-07-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-08-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-08-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-09-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-10-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ xip2fs1 (see linuxvm.org/patches/index.html)
+ xip2fs2 (see linuxvm.org/patches/index.html)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-11-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-12-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-13-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-14-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-15-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-16-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-17-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-18-fixed-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-19-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-20-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-21-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-22-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-23-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-24-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-25-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-26-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-27-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-28-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-29-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-30-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-31-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-32-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-33-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-34-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-35-june2003.diff (IBM)
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-36-june2003.diff (IBM)

Note: If On-demand timer is required, apply as last patch:
+ linux-2.4.21-s390-timer-05-june2003.diff (IBM)

Contact the IBM team

If you want to contact the Linux on System z IBM team refer to the Contact the Linux on System z IBM team page.