Re: Remote buffer overflow bug in kernel

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Wed, 11/5/08, Alan Cox  wrote:
> From: Alan Cox 
> Subject: Re: Remote buffer overflow bug in kernel
> To: [e-mail], "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." 
> Cc: [e-mail]
> Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 3:09 PM
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 14:01:03 -0800 (PST)
> Antonio Olivares  wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > There has been a bug in the kernel with a buffer
>
> overflow in kernel,
>
> No there has not, its just the usual standard of
> "journalism" on the net.
> > Is it a real bug or just on Gentoo?
>
> Some random out of kernel third party code has a bug
> (ndiswrapper). If
> you use it you need to ask said third party vendor  for
> advice.
>
> Alan

True!  Sorry for hitting send too quickly :(
I did not read enough to find out that only systems with ndiswrapper which is not part of official Fedora kernels.  I am sorry for causing trouble.  I apologize to all.

Only users which run ndiswrapper on Fedora systems sould be concerned.

Regards,

Antonio