Re: [gentoo-hardened] Please test hardened-sources 2.6.32-r88 and 3.2.2

[Tom Hendrikx]

On 27/01/12 14:37, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just added hardened-sources 2.6.32-r88 and 3.2.2 to the tree.  They
> address CVE-2012-0056.  I've tested and they do indeed resist the
> exploit.  I will be stabilizing them within 24 hours.  However, I feel
> very uncomfortable doing so because I don't want to trade one set of
> problems with another.  If anyone has time to test, let me know if you
> encounter any issues.
>

I am still using 2.6.* sources here on one machine pending resolution of
bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386721 (if it will ever
happen :/ ).

However, I adopted the last working kernel (2.6.39-r8). After reading
the above, am I right to assume that there's no long-term support for
the .39 tree?

--
Tom