 | | | kernel 2.4.23 | kernel 2.4.23 2003-12-16 - By Brian T. Brunner
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Thanks, Steve.
Summary: If I needed 2.4.22 (for reasons other than this security issue), then
I need 2.4.23 to get the security patch;
if I was happy with Shrike Original, I only need the released errata srpm.
There is no backport from RH for the security patch for 2.4.22.
Brian Brunner
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>>> yellin@(protected) 12/16/03 03:49PM >>>
I thought the two linked pages explained the situation quite well.
If all you want is remove the vulnerability that was still present in
2.4.22, you DON'T need 2.4.23 or later. In fact, you may not want the
later kernel, because it may introduce new bugs or have inconsistencies
with your current system. So RedHat has kindly made a kernel, 2.4.20-24.9,
that fixes the vulnerability, but otherwise leaves the old, working
version unchanged.
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Brian T. Brunner wrote:
>
> The facetious comments made along the lines of preaching the 'top
> posting is evil' religion aside, yes I read the second linked page. No
> it didn't clear up why we had a vulnerability in 2.4.22 that was to be
> addressed by the 2.4.20-24.9 srpms when what we're in need of is 2.4.23
> or later.
> > https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003 (See http://HSA-2003.ora-code.com)-392.html
> > http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html
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