On Thursday 20 April 2006 22:28, Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino wrote: > Hi! > > The next -uc for i386 is already available at: > > http://distro2.conectiva.com.br/~lcapitulino/mdv_kernels/uc/2.6.12.20.uc2md >k/ > > and will be available for x86_64 in the next hours at: > > http://tmb.kkc.fi/Kernels/2006.0/x86_64/ > > its changelog is: > > * Wed Apr 20 2006 Luiz Capitulino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2.6.12-20.uc2mdk o Luiz Capitulino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > - Enables kprobes on i386 and x86_64 (those are the architectures I > know it works) > - USB: remove __init from usb_console_setup(), it prevents an OOPs when > booting with 'console=ttyUSB0' but without a USB-serial dongle > plugged - Security fixes: > * ZZA5_CVE-2006-1525_ip_route_panic_fix.patch > * ZZA6_CVE-2006-0744_EM64T_sysret_fix.patch > > o Arnaud Patard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > - Fix media change detection on scsi removable devices. > > As you can see, nothing too big has changed and the number of changes is > really small. > > On the other hand, the EM64T security fix changes code used by any x86_64 > machine and it's really worth to test it (you have only to install the > kernel and report anything strange, as usual). > > Yes, unfortunally #21345 wasn't fixed yet. One reason is that we (the > kernel team) are still discussing its introduction into 2006.0 because it > may brake things (it's not totally clear to me which things, but well..); > other important reason is that I had important security fixes to work on. > > The really bad news is that I think it won't be possible to fix #21345 > for -20mdk because I don't want to hold this kernel for more than 2 weeks. > I'll update the ticket with this info soon.
I would be a lot more willing to test this kernel on my amd64 box if it *might* fix #21345 ... AFAICS, this aspect should *really* not be a big impact, and it is easier to test (as it only impacts installation, upgrading, and installation/upgrading of other packages). On another topic, will security update kernels be provided for Xen on x86_64? Xen kernels for x86_64 were shipped with the distro, Xen kernel updates are provided for i586, but I haven't seen any for x86_64. Regards, Buchan -- Buchan Milne B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)
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