Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

2016-10-24 Thread Steve Beattie
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 09:56:32AM +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote: > On 24 October 2016 at 07:16, Steve Beattie wrote: > > What are the specific versions you are seeing? > > > Here they are:- > i$ cat /proc/version_signature > Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21 > i > $ uname -a > Linux turing 4.4.0-45-

Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

2016-10-24 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi Steve, On 24 October 2016 at 07:16, Steve Beattie wrote: > What are the specific versions you are seeing? > Here they are:- i$ cat /proc/version_signature Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21 i $ uname -a Linux turing 4.4.0-45-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 19 14:12:37 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86

Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

2016-10-23 Thread Steve Beattie
Hi Ian, On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 06:41:30PM +0100, Ian Bruntlett wrote: > I stumbled across this bug here > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37728010 Security updates were issued for this issue, identified as CVE-2016-5195, on Thursday, October 18. Specifically, the following kernels address t

Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

2016-10-23 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
Ian Bruntlett: At one stage Software Updater would run and give you details about updates in a window. I miss that. Is there a configuration setting for that? If I set security updates to download and install automatically, Software Updater will never show up. Instead updates are installed si

Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

2016-10-23 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi Alberto, On 23 October 2016 at 02:19, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > > Wouldn't it be better to configure security updates to automatically > install? > Where security is concerned, I rely on more than one thing. Software Updater on my computer is configured to "Download and install automat

Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

2016-10-22 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
Ian Bruntlett: First thing I did was quit all my programmes, ran Software Updater and rebooted. Wouldn't it be better to configure security updates to automatically install? -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ub

Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

2016-10-22 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi Chris, On 22 October 2016 at 20:24, chris hermansen wrote: > Ian and list, > Thanks for that, much appreciated. BW, Ian -- -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org -- My writing - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/ -- Free Software page - https://sites.goog

Re: Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

2016-10-22 Thread chris hermansen
Ian and list, On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Ian Bruntlett wrote: > Hi, > > I stumbled across this bug here > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37728010 > > Canonical are aware of it - > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1633547/+activity > > First thing I did was quit a

Copy on Write - Dirty COW Kernel bug

2016-10-22 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi, I stumbled across this bug here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37728010 Canonical are aware of it - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1633547/+activity First thing I did was quit all my programmes, ran Software Updater and rebooted. However, my Kernel wasn't updated