[Announce] [SECURITY] New kernel release: RHEL4 2.6.9 023stab051.2

Kir Kolyshkin kir at openvz.org
Thu Oct 15 11:04:12 EDT 2009


OpenVZ project has released an updated RHEL4 based kernel.
Read below for more information. Everybody who is using
this kernel branch is advised to upgrade.


Changes
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* Rebase to newer RHEL4 kernel (2.6.9-89.0.9.EL):
** lots of security fixes
** some bug fixes, driver updates, new features
* OpenVZ-specific bug fixes for:
* a kernel panic during online migration under a high network load
* short timeout for waiting netdevices to become free
* NMI watchdog not showing statistics for all CPUs
  when an NMI lockup is detected
* incorrect uncharge of pre-charged files if these files are
  closed not in the same thread where they were opened
  (triggered by e.g. named)

Compatibility
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* No issues


Download
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http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/kernel/rhel4/023stab051.2


Bug reporting
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Use http://bugzilla.openvz.org/ to report any bugs found.


Other sources of info on updates
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See http://wiki.openvz.org/News to view all the news (including updates)
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