Linux 2.6.24.1

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Feb 08 2008 - 15:37:08 EST


We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.24.1
kernel.

It contains a number of bugfixes all over the place, and all users of
the 2.6.24 series are encouraged to upgrade.

I'll also be replying to this message with a copy of the patch between
2.6.24 and 2.6.24.1

The updated 2.6.24.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git;a=summary

thanks,

greg k-h

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Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885 | 2 -
Makefile | 4 +-
arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_32 | 3 +
drivers/acpi/blacklist.c | 23 ++++++++------
drivers/acpi/osl.c | 16 ++++-----
drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 3 +
drivers/char/drm/drm_stub.c | 1
drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c | 2 +
drivers/char/mspec.c | 2 -
drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 9 -----
drivers/media/video/cx23885/cx23885-cards.c | 4 ++
drivers/net/forcedeth.c | 16 ++++-----
drivers/net/sky2.c | 14 +++++---
drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c | 28 +++++++++++++++--
drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 21 +++++++++++-
drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c | 20 +++++++++---
drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h | 2 -
drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c | 23 ++++++++++++--
drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c | 9 ++++-
drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/pio.c | 21 ++++++++++--
drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.c | 15 +++++++--
drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.h | 2 -
drivers/pci/hotplug/fakephp.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/usb/core/driver.c | 4 +-
drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 2 -
drivers/usb/gadget/fsl_usb2_udc.c | 2 -
drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c | 1
drivers/usb/serial/cp2101.c | 6 +++
drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c | 46 ++++++++++++++--------------
drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h | 4 ++
drivers/usb/serial/keyspan.c | 2 -
drivers/usb/serial/kobil_sct.c | 1
drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 1
drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c | 4 +-
drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.h | 13 +++++--
drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c | 13 +++++++
drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h | 8 ++++
fs/eventpoll.c | 2 -
fs/ncpfs/mmap.c | 4 --
fs/splice.c | 8 ++++
include/linux/dmi.h | 2 -
include/linux/wait.h | 16 +++++++++
kernel/relay.c | 1
kernel/sched_fair.c | 8 +++-
mm/filemap.c | 8 +++-
mm/fremap.c | 5 ++-
mm/mmap.c | 2 -
mm/slab.c | 46 ++++++++++++++--------------
scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 2 -
security/selinux/ss/services.c | 3 +
sound/oss/via82cxxx_audio.c | 14 +++-----
sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c | 2 -
sound/usb/usx2y/usx2yhwdeppcm.c | 2 -
53 files changed, 360 insertions(+), 151 deletions(-)

Summary of changes from v2.6.24 to v2.6.24.1
============================================

Akira Tsukamoto (1):
USB: pl2303: add support for RATOC REX-USB60F

Alan Cox (1):
USB: keyspan: Fix oops

Ayaz Abdulla (1):
forcedeth: mac address mcp77/79

Bruno Redondi (1):
USB: sierra: add support for Onda H600/Zte MF330 datacard to USB Driver for Sierra Wireless

Craig Shelley (1):
USB: CP2101 New Device IDs

Damien Stuart (1):
USB: Adding YC Cable USB Serial device to pl2303

Daniel Kozák (1):
USB: remove duplicate entry in Option driver and Pl2303 driver for Huawei modem

Dave Airlie (1):
drm: the drm really should call pci_set_master..

Ed Beroset (1):
USB: ftdi driver - add support for optical probe device

Franco Lanza (1):
USB: ftdi-sio: Patch to add vendor/device id for ATK_16IC CCD

Grant Grundler (1):
USB: storage: Add unusual_dev for HP r707

Greg Kroah-Hartman (2):
USB: handle idVendor of 0x0000
Linux 2.6.24.1

Ian Abbott (1):
PCI: Fix fakephp deadlock

Jan Andersson (1):
USB: fix usbtest halt check on big endian systems

Jens Axboe (1):
splice: missing user pointer access verification (CVE-2008-0009/10)

Jessica L. Blank (1):
USB: Sierra - Add support for Aircard 881U

Kevin Lloyd (1):
USB: sierra driver - add devices

Len Brown (1):
ACPI: update ACPI blacklist

Li Yang (1):
usb gadget: fix fsl_usb2_udc potential OOPS

Michael Buesch (4):
b43: Fix suspend/resume
b43: Drop packets we are not able to encrypt
b43: Fix dma-slot resource leakage
b43: Reject new firmware early

Michael E Brown (1):
Driver core: Revert "Fix Firmware class name collision"

Michael Krufky (1):
DVB: cx23885: add missing subsystem ID for Hauppauge HVR1800 Retail

Nate Carlson (1):
USB: Variant of the Dell Wireless 5520 driver

Nick Piggin (2):
vm audit: add VM_DONTEXPAND to mmap for drivers that need it (CVE-2008-0007)
fix writev regression: pan hanging unkillable and un-straceable

Oleg Nesterov (1):
sys_remap_file_pages: fix ->vm_file accounting

Oliver Neukum (1):
USB: use GFP_NOIO in reset path

Pekka J Enberg (1):
slab: fix bootstrap on memoryless node

Peter Stark (1):
USB: ftdi_sio - enabling multiple ELV devices, adding EM1010PC

Peter Zijlstra (2):
lockdep: annotate epoll
sched: let +nice tasks have smaller impact

Piotr Roszatycki (1):
USB: add support for 4348:5523 WinChipHead USB->RS 232 adapter

Sam Ravnborg (1):
x86: restore correct module name for apm

Srivatsa Vaddagiri (1):
sched: fix high wake up latencies with FAIR_USER_SCHED

Stefan Bader (1):
USB: Fix usb_serial_driver structure for Kobil cardreader driver.

Stefano Brivio (4):
b43legacy: fix PIO crash
b43legacy: fix suspend/resume
b43legacy: drop packets we are not able to encrypt
b43legacy: fix DMA slot resource leakage

Stephen Hemminger (2):
sky2: restore multicast addresses after recovery
sky2: fix for WOL on some devices

Stephen Smalley (1):
selinux: fix labeling of /proc/net inodes

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