Ow Mun Heng said: > > >> -----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) Unless the earlier kernel had been patched. You asked about a RH errata that doesn't include a 2.4.23 kernel, so searching a 2.4.23 kernel to see if it was fixed by the errata doesn't make any sense. >> What fixes? Going EOL doesn't mean just up2date stops, it >> means Red Hat >> doesn't produce fixes. You need to: >> >> c) Do your own research and programming > 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. That would fall under (c). The same non-Red Hat places to get info now will still exist. CVE, Security Focus, packages home page, etc. -- William Hooper -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
