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regarding linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7: Local kernel panic exploit
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Package: linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-23
Severity: critical
Tags: security
Justification: breaks the whole system
These exploit freezess all my Debian/Ubuntu machines:
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7091
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-k7
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7 depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11etch2 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initr 0.85i tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-6-k7:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-6-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-6-k7: false
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-6-k7:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-6-k7:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-6-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-6-k7: false
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-6-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-6-k7:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-6-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-6-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-6-k7:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
* linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-6-k7:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-6-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-6-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-6-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-6-k7: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-6-k7:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-6-k7: true
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.6.26-11
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:57:20PM +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 06:43:13PM +0100, Paul Sohier wrote:
> > Why arent such critical issues also fixed in the 2.6.18 kernel?
> > Not everyone just can updated on a production machine.
>
> This will be fixed in the upcoming DSA for kernel 2.6.18.
>
> However, this isn't a critical issue. One to four
> Kernel DoS issues are found each week, so the low severity
> issues are bundled. This is the same process other distributors
> like SuSE or Red Hat apply.
This was fixed in unstable/Lenny in 2.6.26-11 and in DSA 1687
for Etch.
Cheers,
Moritz
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