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From: mpagano@gentoo.org (Mike Pagano )
To: Gentoo Kernel List <gentoo-kernel@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-4.13-3 release
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:53:24
Message-Id: 20170913115323.26AEC33BEAE@smtp.gentoo.org
1 This is an automated email announcing the release of genpatches-4.13-3
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4 CHANGES SINCE 4.13-2
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7 Validate the output buffer length for L2CAP config reqs and resps to avoid stack buffer overflowing. CVE-2017-1000251. See bug #630840 (Mike Pagano)
8 A 2400_BT-check-L2CAP-buffer-length.patch
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11 ABOUT GENPATCHES
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14 genpatches is the patchset applied to some kernels available in Portage.
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16 For more information, see the genpatches homepage:
17 http://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches
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19 For a simple example of how to use genpatches in your kernel ebuild, look at a
20 recent gentoo-sources ebuild.