On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 02:21:53 +0000 Ken Moffat <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I note you don't care about the recent Dirty COW vulnerability. But > since it doesn't boot, that kernel version is the least of your problems. > But when it does boot, safest to upgrade to any stable kernel > released after 20th October - my notes say 4.7.9, 4.8.3, 4.4.26 or > later - but for other people, some old stable kernels were also > fixed. This is a bit off-topic but thanks for the heads-up about dirty cow. I was under the impression that only old kernels were affected and that all kernels in the 7.4 series were safe. I've now upgraded to 7.4.9 in both LFS and Crux. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
