Security update for Linux kernel
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(Last modified: 15MAR2004)
solutions Security update for Linux kernel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (100325baa7ec8e9a038761066b1c81ef)
Package: k_deflt
k_numa
k_smp
kernel-source
Release: 20040315
Obsoletes: none
This update addresses several security-related issues:
- ext3 filesystem leaks informations
- SoundBlaster code can cause local crash
- another DRI issue causing local crash
- another local denial-of-service in mremap
First, find out which kernel package to use, for example with
rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz
Download the kernel image fitting your setup and install it with either:
rpm -Fvh k_deflt.rpm
for the default kernel image, orrpm -Fhv k_smp.rpm
for the SMP kernel image, orrpm -Fhv k_numa.rpm
for the Numa kernel image
If you need the kernel sources you can install them by using the command:
rpm -Uvh kernel-source.rpm
Finally, reboot the system with
shutdown -r now
to load the new kernel (replace "
now
" with the appropriate amount of time to allow local users to cleanly log out, for example "+5
" for five minutes.) Download Source Packages
Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.
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