If your not having problems with anything, then leave it alone. Your not going to gain any performance by upgrading. As for the local root exploit, unless you have untrusted users with shell accounts on your machine, the 'local exploit' is a not a issue. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:55 PM To: jim lawrence; For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: should i bother?? Am Do, den 13.01.2005 schrieb jim lawrence um 1:30: > Should i bother to upgrade to kernel-2.6.9-1.724_FC3 > i've been using kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 fora while and i don't want o > have to redo everything e.g. network settings, Especially the > wireless since it was reported that the .724 has the ipw2200 .13-13 > drivers and I have the .19 drivers. If i decide to what should i look > out for?? > jim lawrence Please see the kernel update announce mail. The new kernel - which is kernel-2.6.10-1.737_FC3 - fixes more or less severe bugs. One of them is a possible local root exploit! http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.txt Under each circumstance you should care for those fixes and update. But I expect a new kernel these days, fixing the next root exploit bug discovered these days: http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0022-pagefault.txt Although this one only affects SMP kernel users. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | new address - new key: 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon kernel 2.6.10-1.8_FC2smp Serendipity 01:49:13 up 2 days, 0 users, load average: 0.12, 0.36, 0.53 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.
