-current and 12.2 Kernel security update

syvy · 08-19-2009, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck56

If this is a confirmed issue will there be a reissue of the official 12.2 kernel patches?
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I think so. I'll wait a while too before recompiling.

Lufbery · 08-19-2009, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck56

Based on the file sizes the duplication is with the generic-smp and huge-smp versions only not the non-smp versions. Good catch!

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I'll wait a while but I'm thinking I could recompile the non-smp generic kernel with the smp option. If this is a confirmed issue will there be a reissue of the official 12.2 kernel patches?
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Drop a note to Pat V, Robby Workman, or Alien Bob. My understanding is that the huge-smp and generic-smp kernels are not supposed to be the same thing!

Chuck56 · 08-19-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Lufbery

Drop a note to Pat V, Robby Workman, or Alien Bob. My understanding is that the huge-smp and generic-smp kernels are not supposed to be the same thing!

I sent an email to security@slackware.com with a request to review the 2.6.27.31-smp kernels in the patch release and also a link to this thread just in case.

Lufbery · 08-19-2009, 12:48 PM

Bravo!

volkerdi · 08-19-2009, 01:32 PM

Thanks for the notice! I'll get a correct kernel up shortly... sorry about that.

The patches for net/socket.c are correct, for anyone compiling their own. This was just a .config mixup.

Chuck56 · 08-19-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by volkerdi

Thanks for the notice! I'll get a correct kernel up shortly... sorry about that.

The patches for net/socket.c are correct, for anyone compiling their own. This was just a .config mixup.

Thank you for all you do!

Chuck56 · 08-19-2009, 10:48 PM

The updated generic-2.6.27.31-smp kernel packages are available. I used slackpkg to download and install. Ran mkinitrd and lilo without the unexpected lilo warnings from earlier. The /boot generic-2.6.27.31-smp and huge-2.6.27.31-smp file sizes seem in order.

Thanks to volkerdi and team for such a quick response!