should i bother??

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 13.01.2005 schrieb jim lawrence um 1:30:

> Should i bother to upgrade to kernel-2.6.9-1.724_FC3
> i've been using kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 fora while and i don't want o
> have to redo everything  e.g. network settings,  Especially the
> wireless since it was reported that the .724 has the ipw2200 .13-13
> drivers and I have the .19 drivers.  If i decide to what should i look
> out for??

> jim lawrence

Please see the kernel update announce mail. The new kernel - which is
kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3 - fixes more or less severe bugs. One of them is
a possible local root exploit!

http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.txt

Under each circumstance you should care for those fixes and update.

But I expect a new kernel these days, fixing the next root exploit bug
discovered these days:

http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0022-pagefault.txt

Although this one only affects SMP kernel users.

Alexander


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