<ftp://ftp.si.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/> ... Security Notes 2.2.15 fixes an NFS exploit which depends on being allowed access to the NFS server over the network. A patch is available to fix just this problem if you do not wish to upgrade. If you use masquerading for security purposes you should upgrade. 2.2.15 fixes several local security issues. Several of these are publically known. Systems with untrusted local users should consider an upgrade ... Architecture Updates ... i386 Cyrix DMA emulation bug workarounds. Fixed a bug in the AMD K6 write allocate cache setup Fixed a bug in AMD Athlon cache reporting Delay loops now try to use the TSC. Needed for Intel SpeedStep processors Added IDT WinChip2 MTRR support APM updates and fixes Support for RCC LE North Bridge chips in the PCI scanning Allow ptrace to do syscall redirection (needed for usermode Linux) Setup IO-APICs from the ROM table - fixes some Dell problems Synchronize the TSC's on a multiprocessor box. We still dont support two different CPU speeds together ... Security Updates Elf Loader The ELF loader now does more sanity checks and requires the ld.so is readable. Masquerading You can now run with tighter UDP forwarding if you are running masquerade for security purposes. Network drivers More configuration ioctls now require priviledges NFSD Fix sign handling bug. Unix domain sockets Fix denial of service problem. -- > All the standard disclaimers apply. < Join Slovenia RC5/DES/CSC team: http://stats.distributed.net/rc5-64/tmsummary.php3?team=935
