> -----Original Message----- > From: William Hooper [mailto:whooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:47 AM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: up2date demo mode? > > > I read somewhere it's due to > > the > > call to do_brk() in mm/mmap.c I did a search in > 2.4.23/mm/mmap.c and > > didn't > > find any refererences to that. So.. It's fixed? > > 2.4.23 isn't a Red Hat kernel. Well... according to what I found on the net, the do_brk() is call is found and affects all 2.4 series kernel up to 2.4.23. (And I think it's not only RH kernels, since it was debians that got cracked) > What fixes? Going EOL doesn't mean just up2date stops, it > means Red Hat > doesn't produce fixes. You need to: > > a) Pay someone to do the research and programming for you (Progeny has > said they might, if there is enough interest). > > b) Join a project that is doing the research and programming > (Fedora-Legacy comes to mind, though we'll see how it works when it is > released). > > c) Do your own research and programming > > d) Move to a distro that is still getting support (RHEL or > Fedora if you > wish to stay with RH. Any number of other distros are out there). Actually, what I meant was, what news site would be able to give me up-2-date details on when an errata occurs. So that I can go hunt around for the patch or otherwise. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
