Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2702 mails)

[rachel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rachel Greenham)]

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999 mgx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> good day all ...
> 
> there is a security issue with suse 2.2.x kernels, please
> see this url:
> 
> 	<A HREF="http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6488.html";><A HREF="http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6488.html</A">http://linuxtoday.com/stories/6488.html</A</A>>
> 
> i assume this is only the suse built kernels, and kernels 
> compiled from source are free of this bug?

No, this is a general kernel problem in the whole 2.2 range. I patched
mine manually when the fix was first announced, on Tuesday, on my 2.2.9
machines. :-) It's just a matter of removing or commenting out one line.


-- 
Rachel

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