Re: [SECURITY] Updated Fedora Core 1 kernel packages.

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• Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Updated Fedora Core 1 kernel packages.
• From: "Leonard den Ottolander" <leonardjo@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 02:23:19 +0100
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Hi,

> 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl kernel in FC1 is not vulnerable to this issue.
> See linux-2.4.18-smallpatches.patch patch in
> kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.src.rpm (mm/mmap.c change).

 So if these patches have been available since 2.4.18 then why are so many 
(non RH) systems still vulnerable? Aren't such bugs communicated to 
maintainers of other distros? Or to kernel.org?

Leonard.

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