[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 178, Issue 2

Sun Dec 8 03:45:16 UTC 2019
Valeri Galtsev <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu>


> On Dec 7, 2019, at 9:32 PM, joernboe via CentOS <centos at centos.org> wrote:
> 
> I have a question to this update:
> Is the Kernel full open source?

Yes, the kernel is open source, the primary location is here:

https://www.kernel.org/

I do not know about changes you are after, but there are proprietary chunks of software that run in kernel context: “firmware” - binaries you have to install to use some of hardware, e.g. Intel WiFi chips. Am I right  about drivers running in kernel context?

> So i can review the kernel updates ??

That is impressive task. If I were to do it, I would start by installing kernel source: two successive versions of kernel srpm's (foung in source rpm repository), and take a look which patches were added to new one, then inspect just these patches.

Valeri

> I want to know the exact changes- like a merged "change paper", to show the differences clearly.
> 
> Is this possible for Kernel updates?
> 
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>> 1.  CEBA-2019:4106 CentOS 7 kernel BugFix Update (Johnny Hughes)
>> 2.  CESA-2019:4024 Important CentOS 7 SDL Security Update
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 23:34:10 +0000
>> From: Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org
>> To: centos-announce at centos.org
>> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2019:4106 CentOS 7 kernel BugFix
>> Update
>> Message-ID: 20191206233410.GA4860 at bstore1.rdu2.centos.org
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>> CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2019:4106
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>> Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:4106
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>> The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
>> syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename )
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>> x86_64:
>> 7c0f528358d229f5d8a4943732c64c291eb4d622282a67211267f9848771e739 bpftool-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> 68a58326f03e21a26ad8cfa06d98a66b40d3474cb7a1322d182aa85bd82fdffe kernel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> dc08e2ce45e21a16867319de8bcfe07ccd19436238e67e2a14b49113143dfca7 kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.noarch.rpm
>> e86ddf679897f7c58f1cd7c59deea7c811d8e2b6c2eca45b66d4d72e0a13eb1d kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> 16ecdbdf1899c9c7fc7749501289afb31ac41cb084d192a1b97704f0a7df6829 kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> 2b647e1c1b73c38452cf1b7e63ac14616950f09ff71c56a7d0ca6c1859cdfa99 kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> 3913492dccc72776bdece5a9518ad8393cf1326cb9e8a13b32dde7c2d0459d0c kernel-doc-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.noarch.rpm
>> 63e2f48f7e5a96597803e65f03f057095897e7fe810cadfd3a0b7b57755c355f kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> 0ef3d34fcc37e6d8f6a3307e2480fb4beeb07a006ddd934418d02fbeeda2f8da kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> 4036170eda34550546b6af42802e317d3ecc700ad04e6475a9b3db96d5571146 kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> 06a9ce6ac6d15cf2d151044880718433100a26b800f50be65bf0b6687eea0a62 kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> d94bf5dab81bb51ec6378c4b3a2bd71394610204cabc060786e29b63f30ec090 perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>> 8ea59b7f8659cb632658c1ae8670c39a4d3c6bc408d70ec6bb3e18736d72d131 python-perf-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
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>> Source:
>> 236afc13e45937c5743783b535e69f38b62fb87f28aa22a91dff6da0394586d8 kernel-3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.src.rpm
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>> Johnny Hughes
>> CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ }
>> irc: hughesjr, #centos at irc.freenode.net
>> Twitter: @JohnnyCentOS
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 23:34:45 +0000
>> From: Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org
>> To: centos-announce at centos.org
>> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2019:4024 Important CentOS 7 SDL
>> Security Update
>> Message-ID: 20191206233445.GA5005 at bstore1.rdu2.centos.org
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>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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>> CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2019:4024 Important
>> 
>> Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4024
>> 
>> The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
>> syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename )
>> 
>> x86_64:
>> e3e9919525fe486bdd22e798d6ca8111312381f94fd884f2954496ec730d2ee1 SDL-1.2.15-15.el7_7.i686.rpm
>> 85d5a427278e873245663ec50c7b43ac344bc9065b00cd4524eceb1606dde028 SDL-1.2.15-15.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
>> a1000d5515233e0c7df795a5ce8b8195c954944219c6e3c433e1e148565db5d7 SDL-devel-1.2.15-15.el7_7.i686.rpm
>> a5ceebc69680d7c13c5b37e8832e191607a4b78a76494c960299e040d5cdc596 SDL-devel-1.2.15-15.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
>> ec79803f3d0e7c6524813a770440c37e986189a852b182a576c5c103de1bff11 SDL-static-1.2.15-15.el7_7.i686.rpm
>> e4b6bd7edae68323de424e56ceabdaaa3454a29a1903632a54e1543ebab93759 SDL-static-1.2.15-15.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
>> 
>> Source:
>> 7ee11ba232b1b2adc95fff9ceebd35c9ccd1153c920f6d19c1e140b9be0b8667 SDL-1.2.15-15.el7_7.src.rpm
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Valeri Galtsev
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University of Chicago
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