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Re: Updating from custom linux-source-2.6.18-2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1 to lastest 2.6.18 kernel by appying the diff file from Etch's linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 ?



On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 12:11 +0200, Vianney Lejeune wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 	I have a custom linux-source-2.6.18-2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1 (just  
> patched for hardware support etc). I'm concerned with the lastest  
> CVE-2009-2692 so I would like to update my kernel. As it was a lot of  
> work to apply the hardware patches to the initial Etch's linux-source,  
> I wonder if it's possible to update my already-patched-for-hardware- 
> support-2.6.18-linux-source by applying the diff file from the lastest  
> linux-image-2.6.18 package available for Etch ?

Linux 2.6.18 in etch has not yet been updated to fix this.  There is a
proposed patch at <http://bugs.debian.org/541403#10> but I don't know
whether it is correct.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Power corrupts.  Absolute power is kind of neat.
                           - John Lehman, Secretary of the US Navy 1981-1987

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