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Re: Kernel 2.2.15 fails to drop setuid status



On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 05:38:39PM +0100, Andrew Stribblehill wrote:
> I'm sure most of you have heard by now that the 2.2 kernel up to
> and including 2.2.15 seems not to drop its setuid status
> correctly[1].
> 
> So does this mean yet another release cycle will be needed for
> 2.2.16?

The 2.2.15 kernel being used in this test cycle includes the patch from
2.2.16 that fixes this security problem.

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