[Arm-dev] armv7hl kernel update for Dirty COW

david david at daku.org
Fri Oct 21 22:02:41 UTC 2016


At 02:54 PM 10/21/2016, you wrote:
>On 10/21/16 23:36, david wrote:
> > At 02:26 PM 10/21/2016, you wrote:
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> >> On Friday, 21 October, 2016 21:24 CEST, Ian Pilcher
> >> <arequipeno at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Can we expect an armv7hl kernel update to address CVE-2016-5195?
> >> >
> >> For redsleeve (rebuild redhat/centos for armv5) I just made updated
> >> kernels for the raspberrypi.
> >> the source rpm should be similar for me and for armv7.
> >>
> >> I attached my spec file to this mail.
> >>
> >> Jacco
> >>
> >
> > Does this mean that
> > raspi2-redsleeve7.2-cli-0.5.img
> > is no longer the "best" image file?
> >
> > If so, a pointer to its replacement would be greatly appreciated,
> > since tomoorw I'm going to install on Rpi3.
>
>Well, I was not planning on updating the image each and every time there
>is a new package out for something that is in the image. So yes, that is
>still the latest image. The only thing you need to do is a 'yum update'
>after install.
>
>Jacco



That's a good policy.  The image should only be updated if "yum 
update" is insufficient.  And thanks for the prompt response.
David Kurn



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