Re: grsec patch over debian 2.4.20 kernel

[Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@gmx.net>]

On Tuesday 22 April 2003 15:12, e-hoeffner@fifoost.org wrote:

Hi,

> Ted Bukov <ted@cacad.com>  22.04.2003, 14:17:56:
> >  I got the last 2.4.20 kernel with apt-get install. I want to patch it
> > with grsec, but I met many times the follow message:
> > "Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n]"
> > When I answered "yes" to all questions, the kernel compilation had
> > failed. I think grsec patch have conficts with already patched debian
> > kernel source, so is there any debian kernel sources with grsec applied?
> > I don't want to use plain (vanilla) kernel, because of its ptrace
> > vulnerability. Thanks in advance.
> I have the same problem as I can not apply the patch on the
> 2.4.20-sources. I've tried this some month ago (also on 2.4.20) for my
> home workstation, the patch did apply.
> Now I've had a look at Trusted Linux. However, I am not quite shure,
> because apt-get will update 127 packages, but just 180 packages are
> installed.
reading the changelog of _both_ might help :P

grsecurity has the ptrace-fix included.
debian's 2.4.20 kernel has the ptrace-fix included.

so, unpatch that kernel with the ptrace-fix and apply grsec and it'll work.

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ciao, Marc