Linux 2.6.22.7

[Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>]

We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.22.7 kernel.
It contains a single security bugfix for the x86_64 architecture.
There is potential for local privilege escalation, so all x86_64 users
are certainly encouraged to upgrade.

CVE-2007-4573: x86_64: Zero extend all registers after ptrace in 32bit entry path.

I'll also be replying to this message with a copy of the patch between
2.6.22.6 and 2.6.22.7

The updated 2.6.22.y git tree can be found at:
        git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
        http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.22.y.git;a=summary

thanks,
-chris

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 Makefile                     |    2 +-
 arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S |   18 +++++++++++++++---
 arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c  |    4 ----
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Summary of changes from v2.6.22.6 to v2.6.22.7
==============================================

Andi Kleen (1):
      x86_64: Zero extend all registers after ptrace in 32bit entry path.

Chris Wright (1):
      Linux 2.6.22.7