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"Stable" kernel 2.6.25.7 released

"Stable" kernel 2.6.25.7 released

Posted Jun 17, 2008 3:02 UTC (Tue) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)
In reply to: "Stable" kernel 2.6.25.7 released by spender
Parent article: Stable kernel 2.6.25.7 released

> Now tell me how any distribution is supposed to know to backport this security fix if for
this 2.6.25.7 release, as with the 2.6.25.6 release with silently fixed vulnerabilities, no
security implications whatsoever are mentioned?

Excellent point. I actually asked Fedora kernel maintainers to label the latest F9 kernel as a
security fix (I went with the official .5 explanation, although LWN discussion about .6 made
me do it):

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-5308

Although I'm neither security expert nor kernel developer, that double-free in the log made me
think that there could be security issues being fixed. I'm not really sure what's going on
with all this, but I reckon it's always better to err on the side of caution and open CVEs
etc.


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