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From: mpagano@gentoo.org (Mike Pagano )
To: Gentoo Kernel List <gentoo-kernel@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.30-4 release
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:42:31
Message-Id: 20090718214230.109F76502F@smtp.gentoo.org
1 This is an automated email announcing the release of genpatches-2.6.30-4
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4 CHANGES SINCE 2.6.30-3
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7 Revision 1586:
8 security fix PER_CLEAR_ON_SETUID CVE-2009-1895 (mpagano)
9 Added: 1500_per-clear-on-setid-cve-2009-1895.patch
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11 Revision 1587:
12 Adding patch to fix NULL pointer dereference in tun_chr_pool CVE-2009-1897 (mpagano)
13 Added: 1505_fix-null-ptr-def-in-tun-chr-pool.patch
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15 Revision 1588:
16 2.6.30-4 release (mpagano)
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19 PATCHES
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22 When the website updates, the complete patch list and split-out patches will be
23 available here:
24 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/patches-2.6.30-4.htm
25 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.30-4.base.tar.bz2
26 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/tarballs/genpatches-2.6.30-4.extras.tar.bz2
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29 ABOUT GENPATCHES
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32 genpatches is the patchset applied to some kernels available in Portage.
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34 For more information, see the genpatches homepage:
35 http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches
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37 For a simple example of how to use genpatches in your kernel ebuild, look at a
38 recent gentoo-sources-2.6.* ebuild.