On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 11:15:10AM +0200, LeVA wrote: > I always compile the latest stable 2.4 kernel with loadable modules > disabled, but I don't apply any kernel patches. > Is this "safe", or I must apply some security patch?
None of the recent kernel-level vulnerabilities have required module support to be enabled. So no, it is not safe to run pre-2.4.25 kernels unless you manually apply backported fixes or use the kernels provided by the Debian security team. noah
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