On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 16:02 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fedora Test Update Notification > FEDORA-2006-816 > 2006-07-17 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Product : Fedora Core 5 > Name : kernel > Version : 2.6.17 > Release : 1.2159_FC5 > Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) > Description : > The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any > Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions > of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device > input and output, etc. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Update Information: > > Update to 2.6.17.6, which fixes a local root vulnerability > in the /proc filesystem. This vulnerability isn't thought to > be possible to exploit on Fedora systems with SELinux enabled. > Additionally, the exploit for this vulnerability relies upon > a.out support, which the Fedora kernel has disabled. > Regardless, this update has been made available in case > other attack vectors become apparent. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > * Sun Jul 16 2006 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> > - 2.6.17.6 > * Fri Jul 14 2006 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> > - Reenable SMC NIC driver. > * Tue Jul 11 2006 Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> > - 2.6.17.4 > - Disable split pagetable lock > * Sat Jul 8 2006 Juan Quintela <quintela@xxxxxxxxxx> > - enable CONFIG_CRASH on xen kernels. > - enable CONFIG_PCIDEV_BACKEND on xen kernels. Yey!!!! Yippie! I'll test it ASAP...! Gilboa -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list