What are you talking about?
RH contrib? Some other site where you can get kernels
packaged as RPMs?
We're talking about an enterprise environment here,
OFFICIAL RH errata. Whether or not this is the right
way to go, this is where people look.
Why don't you head on over to
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/redhat/updates/5.2/i386/
(a respectable RH mirror site, no doubt) and check what kernel version
they have in stock. The site is updated, there is nothing wrong with
it. The official RH errata does indeed contain only kernel 2.0.36.
Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>
> Well, if YOU CHECK you will find that there are RPM's for kernel 2.0.38
> for redhat 5.x - compiled and ready.
>
> Just rpm -Uvh kernel-2.0.38(whatever the name is) and thats it..
>
> Hetz
>
> Omer wrote:
> >
> > Irrelevant.
> >
> > Most people will not upgrade the kernel on their own
> > to the latest stable version, but rather would only
> > upgrade using the official vendor errata. This is how
> > it is for all of the big-time operating systems, and
> > since Linux is poised to make it to the big time, you
> > have to expect this practice to become a lot more common.
> >
> > To which: Say you're a RH user, using 5.x.
> >
> > You will be using RedHat's errata updated for 5.2.
> >
> > The latest kernel included is 2.0.36, not patched
> > to fix this.
> >
> > Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> > >
> > > It fixed long time ago on kernel 2.0.38
> > >
> > > Hetz
> > >
> > > Omer wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This was posted to BugTraq today, and it seemed
> > > > important enough to pass on (even though if you are
> > > > a sysadmin and do not regularly read BT, you might
> > > > deserve what you get).
> > > >
> > > > It's what I'd call a HUGE problem, not
> > > > merely a big problem (unless of course you have
> > > > no local users). In any case, I'd chmod u-s /bin/ping
> > > > immediatly, and be careful not to ping as root (if
> > > > you're not sure you're up to it, better make it
> > > > chmod 000 /bin/ping :)
> > > >
> > > > Message to BT follows...
> > > >
> > > >
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Eduardo Cruz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello ppl.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Last week i was playing with my old linux 2.0.36 i486 box, while i was
> > > > playing with the command ping and trying combinations of commands
> > > > i found that when u do a ping -s 65468 -R ANYIPADDRESS ( -R record
> > > > route) the system starts to print on the screen kernel dumps
> > > > , freezes complitely and after few secconds the system reboots.
> > > >
> > > > The major problem with this (if this is a bug, because i dont have time
> > > > to install differents kernels and test it better) is that command can be
> > > > run by everyone
> > > > because you dont need root permissions to make a -R.
> > > >
> > > > I tested this on a 2.0.35 and .36 (both slackware), when u try to do this
> > > > on a 2.2.x the system prints out "message too long".
> > > > I think the problem is that there is a size-check missed when u reach the
> > > > maximun packet size and u put the route information, but anyway
> > > > i am not a guru on kernels.
> > > >
> > > > So, now is time for the kernel experts :)
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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