Re: kernel-image-2.4.18-686 vs. kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Sven Heinicke (<sven@nec-labs.com>) wrote:

> $ apt-cache search kernel-image 2.4.18 686
> kernel-image-2.4.18-686 - Linux kernel image 2.4.18 on
> PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV. kernel-image-2.4.18-686-smp - Linux kernel
> image 2.4.18 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP.
> kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686 - Linux kernel image 2.4.18 on
> PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV. kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686-smp - Linux
> kernel image 2.4.18 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP.
> 
> What's the difference between 2.4.18 and 2.4.18-1, and why is there no
> security upgrades for kernel-image-2.4.18-686.  Is it not vulnerable?

2.4.18-1 is the security update for 2.4.18. During some update (I think
it was the one that fixed the ptrace bug), the new packages became
incompatible with modules compiled for the old packages, so the
packages were renamed, probably to avoid people from breaking things
automatically.

Btw, does anyone know why the name for 2.4.18-bf2.4 was left unchanged?

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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