Hi,
Here goes the first release canditate of v2.4.29.
This time it contains a SATA update, bunch of network drivers
updates, amongst others.
More importantly it fixes a sys_uselib() vulnerability
discovered by Paul Starzetz:
CAN-2004-1235
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.txt
Upgrade is recommended for users of v2.4.x mainline, distros
should be releasing their updates real soon now.
Summary of changes from v2.4.29-pre3 to v2.4.29-rc1
<a.pugachev:pcs-net.net>:
- drivers/net/appletalk/Config.in depends on CONFIG_ATALK
<albertcc:tw.ibm.com>:
- [libata] use PIO mode for request sense
- [libata] PIO error handling improvement
- [libata] verify ATAPI DMA for a given request is OK
<gortan:tttech.com>:
- 8139cp: support for TTTech MC322
- SATA support for Intel ICH7
<mbellon:mvista.com>:
- 32 bit ltrace oops when tracing 64 bit executable [X86_64]
<mhw:wittsend.com>:
- Computone driver update
<penguin:muskoka.com>:
- 8390 Tx fix for non i386
<stkn:gentoo.org>:
- [libata] add #include (fixes 2.4 alpha build)
Don Fry:
- pcnet32: added pci_disable_device
Ganesh Venkatesan:
- e1000: ITR does not default correctly on 2.4.x kernels
- e1000: Fix for kernel panic when the interface is brought down
while the NAPI enabled driver is under stress - e1000: Fix ethtool diagnostics — specifically for blade server
implementations - e1000: Enabling NETIF_F_SG without checksum offload is
illegal - e1000: remove a redundant assignment to a local nr_frags in
e1000_xmit_frame - e1000: Synchronizing multicast table setup with transmit path –
[email protected] - e1000: fix tx resource cleanup logic
- e1000: {set, get}_wol is now symmetric for 82545EM
adapters - e1000: Sparse cleanup – [email protected]
- e1000: Added workaround to prevent inadvertent gigabit waveform
to be sent out on the wire due to init-time operations on the IGP
phy. - e1000: Applied eeprom fix where it was possible to
read/write - e1000: Applied smart speed fix where the code was forcing smart
speed on all the time. Now it will honor the setting defined in the
eeprom. - e1000: Driver version number, white spaces, comments, device id
& other changes - e1000: Documentation/networking/e1000.txt update
Ian Kent:
- autofs4 add missing compat ioctls
Jean Delvare:
- I2C: Cleanup a couple media/video drivers
Jeff Garzik:
- [libata sata_nv] fix dev detect by removing sata-reset
flag - [libata sata_uli] add 5281 support, fix SATA phy setup for
others
Marcelo Tosatti:
- Changed VERSION to 2.4.29-rc1
- Paul Starzetz: sys_uselib() race vulnerability
(CAN-2004-1235)
Margit Schubert-While:
- prism54 sync with 2.6
- prism54 fix resume processing
- prism54 sparse fixes
Paul Mackerras:
- PPC64 signal code cleanup
Pete Zaitcev:
- USB: Add user defined IDs to ftdi
Ralf Bächle:
- MIPS network drivers
- NE2000 on Toshiba RBTX4927 fixes
Solar Designer:
- Check for zero program header on load_elf_interp()