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Re: Will 2.4.20 Source be patched for the latest kernel vulnerability?



On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 05:52:27PM -0800, peace bwitchu wrote:
> Will 2.4.20 Source be patched for the latest kernel
> local root vulnerability?
> 

From the announcement we see:

> This bug has been fixed in kernel version 2.4.23 for the 2.4 tree and 
> 2.6.0-test6 kernel tree. For Debian it has been fixed in version     
> 2.4.18-12 of the kernel source packages, version 2.4.18-14 of the i386
> kernel images and version 2.4.18-11 of the alpha kernel images.  

It's been my experience that aside from this, don't expect any further
patches aside from continuing inclusion in subsequent kernels (2.4.24
and later). 

I could be wrong ;) 

j
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