[CentOS] CVE-2016-5195 DirtyCOW: Critical Linux Kernel Flaw

Wed Nov 2 04:52:03 UTC 2016
Peter <peter at pajamian.dhs.org>

On 02/11/16 13:05, Richard wrote:
> RHEL/Centos-4 is EOL so wouldn't be updated regardless (at least
> under the normal EOL guidelines), but it is mentioned toward the
> bottom of that page under "Affected Packages State":
> 
>   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 	kernel 	Not affected

It is mentioned because RHEL4 is in extended life phase, so not EOL yet.

CentOS 4 is EOL as CentOS does not track the extended life phase of Red Hat.


Peter