Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Thierry Carrez <koon@g.o>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Advisory regarding the new Kernel DOS bug
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:04:17
Message-Id: 40D7E7E2.8040901@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] Advisory regarding the new Kernel DOS bug by Callan K L Tham
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4 Callan K L Tham wrote:
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6 > http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004-06-11_kernel_crash/index.html
7 >
8 > It wasn't the entire gentoo-sources tree that isn't affected, but only
9 > 2.4.26-rc3-gentoo, 2.4.26_pre6-gentoo and 2.4.25-gentoo-r1.
10 >
11 > From the article: "It is unclear why these specific Gentoo patch sets
12 > of the 2.4.26 kernel are safe. Other versions of the Gentoo kernel are
13 > not."
14 >
15 > So I guess we do need a GLSA for it...
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17 Latest sources (for 99% kernel sources) in portage are patched and safe.
18 A GLSA will soon be out. Stay tuned.
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20 - -K
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