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On 03/02/12 03:50, Brian Kroth wrote: |
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> Tom Hendrikx <tom@×××××××××.net> 2012-02-02 21:42: |
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>> On 27/01/12 14:37, Anthony G. Basile wrote: |
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>>> Hi everyone, |
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>>> I just added hardened-sources 2.6.32-r88 and 3.2.2 to the tree. They |
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>>> address CVE-2012-0056. I've tested and they do indeed resist the |
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>>> exploit. I will be stabilizing them within 24 hours. However, I feel |
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>>> very uncomfortable doing so because I don't want to trade one set of |
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>>> problems with another. If anyone has time to test, let me know if you |
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>>> encounter any issues. |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> I am still using 2.6.* sources here on one machine pending resolution of |
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>> bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386721 (if it will ever |
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>> happen :/ ). |
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> Are those open-vm kernel modules still necessary? It was my |
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> understanding that most/all of the guest modules for more efficient |
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> virtual hardware support were included in the mainline kernel now: |
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> <http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_33#head-b1a0ddbc804d228802ce8aebd37d9fd6513ccb01> |
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I did some more investigation. None of the three in-tree |
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open-vm-tools-kmod ebuilds compile against 2.6.32-r89, building a |
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3.2.2-r1 kernel now to test against that. |
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I thought that I needed the -kmod package to run open-vm-tools in the |
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guest, but after some more research this might only apply when you want |
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drag-and-drop support (useless for (headless) server). The open-vm-tools |
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ebuilds list the -kmod package as a hard RDEPEND though. I'll do some |
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tests later today/during the weekend. |
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Tom |
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