From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932232AbWDLUfR (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:35:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932235AbWDLUfQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:35:16 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:33194 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932233AbWDLUfP (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:35:15 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:33:58 -0700 From: Greg KH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Cc: torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Linux 2.6.16.5 Message-ID: <20060412203358.GA10641@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.16.5 kernel. The diffstat and short summary of the fixes are below. I'll also be replying to this message with a copy of the patch between 2.6.16.4 and 2.6.16.5, as it is small enough to do so. The updated 2.6.16.y git tree can be found at: rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: www.kernel.org/git/ thanks, greg k-h -------- Makefile | 2 +- arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S | 28 ++++++++++------------------ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) Summary of changes from v2.6.16.4 to v2.6.16.5 ============================================== Andi Kleen: x86_64: Clean up execve x86_64: When user could have changed RIP always force IRET (CVE-2006-0744) Greg Kroah-Hartman: Linux 2.6.16.5