On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 16:02 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
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Fedora Test Update Notification
FEDORA-2006-816
2006-07-17
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Product : Fedora Core 5
Name : kernel
Version : 2.6.17
Release : 1.2159_FC5
Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
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Update Information:
Update to 2.6.17.6, which fixes a local root vulnerability
in the /proc filesystem. This vulnerability isn't thought to
be possible to exploit on Fedora systems with SELinux enabled.
Additionally, the exploit for this vulnerability relies upon
a.out support, which the Fedora kernel has disabled.
Regardless, this update has been made available in case
other attack vectors become apparent.
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* Sun Jul 16 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- 2.6.17.6
* Fri Jul 14 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- Reenable SMC NIC driver.
* Tue Jul 11 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com>
- 2.6.17.4
- Disable split pagetable lock
* Sat Jul 8 2006 Juan Quintela <quintela(a)redhat.com>
- enable CONFIG_CRASH on xen kernels.
- enable CONFIG_PCIDEV_BACKEND on xen kernels.
Yey!!!!
Yippie!
I'll test it ASAP...!
Gilboa