Re: Woody Stable Kernel

[Stephane <delazure@free.fr>]

Le Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:15:25 +0200
Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> a dit:

> Hello

[snip]

> The installation kernel is not known to the package management. Do
> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4
> This will install the latest version which should be
> kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4_2.4.18-5woody4_i386.deb. Please note that
> one of the DSAa stated that the kernel update is incompatible to
> modules compiled for the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel from Woody r0 and r1, so
> if you use custom kernel modules you probably have to recompile them.
> 
> There are also hardware architecture specific kernel images available
> like kernel-image-2.4.18-686-1 or kernel-image-2.4.18-k7-1 which you
> maybe want to use instead of the installation kernel.

Hello,

I wonder two things: 

1) Is the 2.4.18-bf2.4 affected by the ptrace  exploit ?
And the 2.4.18-5 ?

2) When you install a kernel image as kernel-image-2.4.18-k7-1, I guess it comes
preconfigured, what if you need something it doesn't have ?

Sorry for the dumb questions and thanks for your patience.

Stephane