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TSL-2003-0050 - kernel

From:  Trustix Security Advisor <tsl-AT-trustix.org>
To:  tsl-announce-AT-trustix.org
Subject:  TSL-2003-0050 - kernel
Date:  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:32:19 +0100

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Trustix Secure Linux Bugfix Advisory #2003-0050

Package name:      kernel
Summary:           minor bugfix
Date:              2003-12-22
Affected versions: TSL 2.0

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Package description:
  The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
  Trustix Secure Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
  of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input
  and output, etc.

  
Problem description:
  This update fixes a rather minor memory leak issue. It also includes a 
  cleanup in the configuration. 


Action:
  We recommend that all systems with this packages installed be upgraded.


Location:
  All TSL updates are available from
  <URI:http://http.trustix.org/pub/trustix/updates/>
  <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.org/pub/trustix/updates/>


About Trustix Secure Linux:
  Trustix Secure Linux is a small Linux distribution for servers. With focus
  on security and stability, the system is painlessly kept safe and up to
  date from day one using swup, the automated software updater.


Automatic updates:
  Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically
  installed using 'swup --upgrade'.


Public testing:
  These packages have been available for public testing for some time.
  If you want to contribute by testing the various packages in the
  testing tree, please feel free to share your findings on the
  tsl-discuss mailinglist.
  The testing tree is located at
  <URI:http://tsldev.trustix.org/cloud/>

  You may also use swup for public testing of updates:
  
  site {
      class = 0
      location = "http://tsldev.trustix.org/cloud/rdfs/latest.rdf"
      regexp = ".*"
  }
  

Questions?
  Check out our mailing lists:
  <URI:http://www.trustix.org/support/>


Verification:
  This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key.
  This key is available from:
  <URI:http://www.trustix.org/TSL-SIGN-KEY>

  The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at
  <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/trustix-2.0/>
  or directly at
  <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/misc/2003/TSL-2003-0050-kernel.asc.txt>


MD5sums of the packages:
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5d16f5b66698fae74e82f09aabe3fb64  ./srpms/kernel-2.4.23-2tr.src.rpm
2fc3c5ffc66875af48f5bbaf35b19100  ./rpms/kernel-utils-2.4.23-2tr.i586.rpm
0960d06c1840bc54ee2be88912539181  ./rpms/kernel-source-2.4.23-2tr.i586.rpm
86eaea8d09f4c3fd4307b3eaa96e17dc  ./rpms/kernel-smp-2.4.23-2tr.i586.rpm
c68fa8db2f74e50332b4d855986672ce  ./rpms/kernel-firewallsmp-2.4.23-2tr.i586.rpm
d6091116ae0d69b4ce53e732a5b04c05  ./rpms/kernel-firewall-2.4.23-2tr.i586.rpm
a114dfee30c06cad41a9a93bdb9faacb  ./rpms/kernel-doc-2.4.23-2tr.i586.rpm
f272cd73b1e13cdbe00823c891716d65  ./rpms/kernel-BOOT-2.4.23-2tr.i586.rpm
9fe3347e7c32b9c38c3595ff57b569e1  ./rpms/kernel-2.4.23-2tr.i586.rpm
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TSL Security Team

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