Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Callan K L Tham <miburo@×××××××××××.sg>
To: Mark Guertin <guertin@××××××××××××××.com>
Cc: spIn <spin@×××××.de>, gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Advisory regarding the new Kernel DOS bug
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:16:55
Message-Id: 20040621181609.GB21253@aragorn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] Advisory regarding the new Kernel DOS bug by Mark Guertin
1 On 11:11 Mon 21 Jun , Mark Guertin wrote:
2 > From one of the articles I read it showed that the gentoo-sources
3 > weren't affected... but I don't have the url handy. It was someone
4 > that went through all kinds of distro's 'default' kernels.
5 >
6 > Mark
7
8 http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004-06-11_kernel_crash/index.html
9
10 It wasn't the entire gentoo-sources tree that isn't affected, but only
11 2.4.26-rc3-gentoo, 2.4.26_pre6-gentoo and 2.4.25-gentoo-r1.
12
13 From the article: "It is unclear why these specific Gentoo patch sets
14 of the 2.4.26 kernel are safe. Other versions of the Gentoo kernel are
15 not."
16
17 So I guess we do need a GLSA for it...
18
19 Callan
20 --
21 "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to
22 the death your right to say it." -- Beatrice Hall

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Re: [gentoo-security] Advisory regarding the new Kernel DOS bug Thierry Carrez <koon@g.o>