[ol8_baseos_latest] kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.el8_10.noarch

This package contains documentation files from the kernel
source. Various bits of information about the Linux kernel and the
device drivers shipped with it are documented in these files.

You'll want to install this package if you need a reference to the
options that can be passed to Linux kernel modules at load time.

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• Wed May 22 2024 Mark Will <mark.will@oracle.com> [4.18.0-553.el8.OL8]

  - Update Oracle Linux certificates (Kevin Lyons)
  - Disable signing for aarch64 (Ilya Okomin)
  - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list (olkmod_signing_key.pem) [Orabug: 29539237]
  - Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676]
  - Conflict with shim-ia32 and shim-x64 <= 15.3-1.0.3
  - Remove upstream reference during boot (Kevin Lyons) [Orabug: 34750652]
  - Drop not needed patch

• Fri May 10 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-553.el8]

  - cpuhotplug: Fix kABI breakage caused by CPUHP_AP_HYPERV_ONLINE (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [RHEL-35784]

• Sun Apr 07 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-552.el8]

  - i40e: Enforce software interrupt during busy-poll exit (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-26248]
  - i40e: Remove _t suffix from enum type names (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-26248]

• Fri Apr 05 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-551.el8]

  - x86/sev: Harden #VC instruction emulation somewhat (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [RHEL-30040] {CVE-2024-25743 CVE-2024-25742}
  - i40e: Fix VF MAC filter removal (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-22992]
  - i40e: Do not allow untrusted VF to remove administratively set MAC (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-22992]

• Sun Mar 31 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-550.el8]

  - mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage (Waiman Long) [RHEL-28875 RHEL-28876] {CVE-2023-52489}
  - mm: use __pfn_to_section() instead of open coding it (Waiman Long) [RHEL-28875] {CVE-2023-52489}

• Thu Mar 28 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-549.el8]

  - dm-integrity: align the outgoing bio in integrity_recheck (Benjamin Marzinski) [RHEL-29678]
  - dm-integrity: fix a memory leak when rechecking the data (Benjamin Marzinski) [RHEL-29678]
  - RDMA/mana_ib: Add CQ interrupt support for RAW QP (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - RDMA/mana_ib: query device capabilities (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - RDMA/mana_ib: register RDMA device with GDMA (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - net: mana: add msix index sharing between EQs (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - net: mana: Fix spelling mistake "enforecement" -> "enforcement" (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - net :mana :Add remaining GDMA stats for MANA to ethtool (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - net: mana: Fix oversized sge0 for GSO packets (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - net: mana: Fix TX CQE error handling (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - net: mana: Add gdma stats to ethtool output for mana (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - net: mana: Fix MANA VF unload when hardware is unresponsive (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - net: mana: Configure hwc timeout from hardware (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]
  - RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req to enable RX coalescing (Maxim Levitsky) [RHEL-23934]

• Sun Mar 24 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-548.el8]

  - gitlab-ci: enable arm64/s390x/ppc64le debug builds (Michael Hofmann)
  - arm64: Add missing bits of AmpereOne Spectre-BHB mitigation (Mark Salter) [RHEL-29005]
  - [rt] enable CONFIG_DRM_MGAG200_IOBURST_WORKAROUND (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-13214]
  - drm/mgag200: Add a workaround for low-latency (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-13214]

• Tue Mar 19 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-547.el8]

  - x86/efistub: Avoid placing the kernel below LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efistub: Give up if memory attribute protocol returns an error (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Increase section and file alignment to 4k/512 (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Split off PE/COFF .data section (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Drop PE/COFF .reloc section (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Construct PE/COFF .text section from assembler (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Derive file size from _edata symbol (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot/compressed: Remove, discard, or assert for unwanted sections (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Check that there are no run-time relocations (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Discard .discard.unreachable for arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Define setup size in linker script (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Set EFI handover offset directly in header asm (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Drop references to startup_64 (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Drop redundant code setting the root device (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/build: Declutter the build output (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Omit compression buffer from PE/COFF image memory footprint (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Mark global variables as static (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: Remove extra headroom for setup block (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Remove the 'bugger off' message (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efi: Drop alignment flags from PE section headers (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: Fix the missing KASLR_FLAG bit in boot_params->hdr.loadflags (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: Avoid physical KASLR on older Dell systems (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: efistub: Assign global boot_params variable (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Rename conflicting 'boot_params' pointer to 'boot_params_ptr' (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efistub: Avoid legacy decompressor when doing EFI boot (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efistub: Perform SNP feature test while running in the firmware (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/sev: Do not try to parse for the CC blob on non-AMD hardware (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/libstub: Add limit argument to efi_random_alloc() (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - arm64: efi: Limit allocations to 48-bit addressable physical region (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi: libstub: use EFI_LOADER_CODE region when moving the kernel in memory (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - arm64: efi: kaslr: Fix occasional random alloc (and boot) failure (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/libstub/random: Increase random alloc granularity (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Factor out kernel decompression and relocation (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Move global symbol references to C code (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - decompress: Use 8 byte alignment (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efistub: Prefer EFI memory attributes protocol over DXE services (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efistub: Perform 4/5 level paging switch from the stub (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Merge trampoline cleanup with switching code (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Pass pgtable address to trampoline directly (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Only call the trampoline when changing paging levels (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Call trampoline directly from C code (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Avoid the need for a stack in the 32-bit trampoline (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Use standard calling convention for trampoline (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Call trampoline as a normal function (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove .bss/.pgtable from bzImage (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Remove run-time relocations from .head.text code (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Assign paging related global variables earlier (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Store boot_params pointer in callee save register (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efistub: Clear BSS in EFI handover protocol entrypoint (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/head_64: Store boot_params pointer in callee save register (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/decompressor: Don't rely on upper 32 bits of GPRs being preserved (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/head/64: Switch to KERNEL_CS as soon as new GDT is installed (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/libstub: Add memory attribute protocol definitions (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: libstub: remove unused variable (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Robustify calling startup_{32,64}() from the decompressor code (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efistub: Simplify and clean up handover entry code (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efistub: Branch straight to kernel entry point from C code (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: Avoid using code32_start (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/libstub/x86: Use Exit() boot service to exit the stub on errors (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi: x86: Wipe setup_data on pure EFI boot (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi: x86: Fix config name for setting the NX-compatibility flag in the PE header (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi: x86: Set the NX-compatibility flag in the PE header (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: Add kernel preferred address to PE header (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: Use symbolic constants in PE header instead of bare numbers (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: Drop redundant .bss section (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: add headroom to decompressor BSS to account for setup block (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Remove run-time relocations from head_{32,64}.S (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot/compressed: Fix debug_puthex() parameter type (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot/compressed/64: Use 32-bit (zero-extended) MOV for z_output_len (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Use unsigned comparison for addresses (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Micro-optimize GDT loading instructions (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: GDT limit value should be size - 1 (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: Remove GDT setup from efi_main (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Clear direction and interrupt flags in startup_64 (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/x86: Don't depend on firmware GDT layout (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Remove KEEP_SEGMENTS support (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Handle malformed SRAT tables during early ACPI parsing (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/libstub/x86: Use mandatory 16-byte stack alignment in mixed mode (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - efi/libstub/x86: Avoid globals to store context during mixed mode calls (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/efistub: Disable paging at mixed mode entry (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86: efi/random: Invoke EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL to seed the UEFI RNG table (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/asm: Make some functions local (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Annotate data appropriately (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Annotate local functions (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/asm: Make more symbols local (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot/compressed/64: Fix missing initialization in find_trampoline_placement() (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot/compressed/64: Fix boot on machines with broken E820 table (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86, boot: Remove multiple copy of static function sanitize_boot_params() (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove unused variable (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot/compressed/64: Explain paging_prepare()'s return value (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - x86/boot: Save several bytes in decompressor (Lenny Szubowicz) [RHEL-2505]
  - fs,hugetlb: fix NULL pointer dereference in hugetlbs_fill_super (Audra Mitchell) [RHEL-20614] {CVE-2024-0841}
  - net/gve: update check for little-endianness in gve kconfig (Joshua Washington) [RHEL-29030]

• Fri Mar 15 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-546.el8]

  - sched/membarrier: reduce the ability to hammer on sys_membarrier (Wander Lairson Costa) [RHEL-23430] {CVE-2024-26602}
  - NFS: Set the stable writes flag when initialising the super block (Benjamin Coddington) [RHEL-25266]
  - smb: client: fix OOB in receive_encrypted_standard() (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-21685] {CVE-2024-0565}
  - scsi: core: Move scsi_host_busy() out of host lock if it is for per-command (Ming Lei) [RHEL-23942]
  - scsi: core: Move scsi_host_busy() out of host lock for waking up EH handler (Ming Lei) [RHEL-23942]
  - gfs2: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_rgrp_dump (Andrew Price) [RHEL-26501] {CVE-2023-52448}
  - smb: client: fix parsing of SMB3.1.1 POSIX create context (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-26241] {CVE-2023-52434}
  - smb: client: fix potential OOBs in smb2_parse_contexts() (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-26241] {CVE-2023-52434}
  - smb3: Replace smb2pdu 1-element arrays with flex-arrays (Jay Shin) [RHEL-22143]
  - cifs: Replace remaining 1-element arrays (Jay Shin) [RHEL-22143]
  - cifs: Convert struct fealist away from 1-element array (Jay Shin) [RHEL-22143]
  - cifs: remove unneeded 2bytes of padding from smb2 tree connect (Jay Shin) [RHEL-22143]
  - cifs: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members (Jay Shin) [RHEL-22143]
  - cifs: Replace a couple of one-element arrays with flexible-array members (Jay Shin) [RHEL-22143]
  - cifs: fix FILE_BOTH_DIRECTORY_INFO definition (Jay Shin) [RHEL-22143]
  - nfsd: use locks_inode_context helper (Jeffrey Layton) [RHEL-27441]
  - nfs: use locks_inode_context helper (Jeffrey Layton) [RHEL-27441]
  - lockd: use locks_inode_context helper (Jeffrey Layton) [RHEL-27441]
  - cifs: use locks_inode_context helper (Jeffrey Layton) [RHEL-27441]
  - ceph: use locks_inode_context helper (Jeffrey Layton) [RHEL-27441]
  - filelock: add a new locks_inode_context accessor function (Jeffrey Layton) [RHEL-27441]
  - dm-integrity, dm-verity: reduce stack usage for recheck (Benjamin Marzinski) [RHEL-27849]
  - dm-crypt: recheck the integrity tag after a failure (Benjamin Marzinski) [RHEL-27849]
  - dm-crypt: don't modify the data when using authenticated encryption (Benjamin Marzinski) [RHEL-27849]
  - dm-verity: recheck the hash after a failure (Benjamin Marzinski) [RHEL-27849]
  - dm-integrity: recheck the integrity tag after a failure (Benjamin Marzinski) [RHEL-27849]

• Wed Mar 13 2024 Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> [4.18.0-545.el8]

  - tracing/timerlat: Move hrtimer_init to timerlat_fd open() (John Kacur) [RHEL-26667]
  - tracing/perf: Fix double put of trace event when init fails (Michael Petlan) [RHEL-19537]
  - ipvlan: Add handling of NETDEV_UP events (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-19098]
  - ceph: add ceph_cap_unlink_work to fire check_caps() immediately (Xiubo Li) [RHEL-21760]
  - ceph: always queue a writeback when revoking the Fb caps (Xiubo Li) [RHEL-21760]
  - ceph: always check dir caps asynchronously (Xiubo Li) [RHEL-21760]
  - nfs: fix redundant readdir request after get eof (Benjamin Coddington) [RHEL-7780]
  - NFSv4.1: fixup use EXCHGID4_FLAG_USE_PNFS_DS for DS server (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-7994]
  - NFSv4.1: fix pnfs MDS=DS session trunking (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-7994]
  - NFSv4.1: fix zero value filehandle in post open getattr (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-7994]
  - NFSv4.1: use EXCHGID4_FLAG_USE_PNFS_DS for DS server (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-7994]