Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:36:25
Message-Id: 20121026013435.184fcaf3@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug by Dale
1 On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:10:17 -0500, Dale wrote:
2
3 > Or just don't update the kernel until it is fixed. After all, if the
4 > kernel you are using works and is not a serious security problem, just
5 > use it for a while. They will fix it pretty soon I'm sure.
6
7 Several versions are affected, it's not a new issue, just a newly
8 discovered one. That in itself indicates the likelihood of being affected
9 by it, considering how many boxes use ext4 with these kernel versions.
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13 Neil Bothwick
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15 But I thought YOU did the backups...

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