Re: recent kernel vulnerabilities - debian specific?

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

Frank Van Damme wrote:
> I have a question about the recent vulnerabilities in
> kernel-source-2.6.8. I would like to know if these bugs were specific
> to Debian and, if not, which versions of the (vanilla) kernel are
> vulnerable. All references to current mainline kernel security
> problems are welcome. Thanks in advance.

| To: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
| Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 1017-1] New Linux kernel 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
|
| Package        : kernel-source-2.6.8
| Debian-specific: no
                   
For other kernels you'll have to research this on your own. Our patch tracker
might be handy, though:
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/patch-tracking/?rev=0&sc=0

Cheers,
        Moritz