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Linux 2.4.36.8

From:  Willy Tarreau <wtarreau@hera.kernel.org>
To:  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject:  Linux 2.4.36.8
Date:  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:31:07 +0000
Message-ID:  <20081019213107.GA20481@hera.kernel.org>


I've just released Linux 2.4.36.8.

It contains various fixes, 3 of which are for medium local security
issues. While not critical, it is suggested that 2.4.36 setups with
untrusted local users upgrade to 2.4.36.8.

The patch and changelog will appear soon at the following locations:
  ftp://ftp.all.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/
  ftp://ftp.all.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/patch-2.4....
  ftp://ftp.all.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-...

Git repository:
   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.36.y.git
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/lin...

Git repository through the gitweb interface:
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2....


Willy

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Summary of changes from v2.4.36.7 to v2.4.36.8
============================================

Arjan van de Ven (1):
      security: avoid calling a NULL function pointer in drivers/video/tvaudio.c

Erik Inge Bolsø (1):
      doc: mention chain-compiling for really old gccs

Eugene Teo (2):
      CVE-2008-3275 Linux kernel local filesystem DoS
      Remove suid/sgid bits on truncate() (CVE-2008-4210)

Gilles Espinasse (1):
      tcp: Clear probes_out more aggressively in tcp_ack().

Willy Tarreau (4):
      x86 would not build without CONFIG_VT
      pc_keyb: fix breakage on ia64/mips/mips64
      doc: fix examples and add suggestions about depmod
      Change VERSION to 2.4.36.8

Yasuyuki KOZAKAI (1):
      netfilter: ip6t_{hbh,dst}: Rejects not-strict mode on rule insertion

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