[CentOS-devel] Security update missing - kernel-2.6.18-128.el5

Kay Diederichs kay.diederichs at uni-konstanz.de
Fri Feb 6 09:27:29 UTC 2009


Milan Keršláger schrieb:
> Please,
> 
> do not delay this "Important" multiple security update. See 
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html for more info.
> 
> This update is "5.3" kernel but has been released as security update 
> too. RHN pushed this kernel one day ahead of rest of 5.3 packages (on my 
> servers).
> 
> RH maintains API and ABI (!) compatibility so there is no problem to use 
> this kernel AFAIK.
> 
> So please, do not delay it anymore, this contains multiple security 
> vulnerabilities fixed since 2009-01-20.
> 
> Thank you for your effort (a lot).
> 
> M.K.
> 

while the CentOS people work on it, you could obtain the kernel from 
http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5/

HTH
Kay




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