Re: Linux v2.6.0-test1

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

On Llu, 2003-07-14 at 12:39, John Bradford wrote:
> > > > The point of the test versions is to make more people realize that they
> > > > need testing
> > > 
> > > Are all the known security issues in 2.4 now fixed in 2.6.0-test1?
> >
> > No, and several more have been added in 2.6-test only.
> 
> As far as I know, they are only information disclosure ones, not
> directly exploitable vulnerabilities, or am I wrong?

Last time I checked there were remote DoS attacks and local root attacks
present in 2.5.7x

> > > This has been the only major reason for keeping of most of my
> > > production machines running 2.4 for quite a while.  If not, can we get
> > > the fixes in at the earliest opportunity?
> >
> > Sure.. send the fixes to Linus
> 
> Is anybody even keeping track of this, though?  Picking thorough LKML
> to see what did and didn't go in doesn't seem particularly exciting to
> me.

Then you'll just have to wait a few months