Re: [CentOS] Local privilege escalation bug in kernel

2012-01-26 Thread Peter Eckel
Hi Frank, > Do we know if this bug affects Centos? > > http://www.techworld.com.au/article/413300/linux_vendors_rush_patch_privilege_escalation_flaw_after_root_exploits_emerge > > The article states that it affects kernel 2.6.39 and above, but since RH > backports so much stuff I'm not sure if

Re: [CentOS] Local privilege escalation bug in kernel

2012-01-25 Thread James Hogarth
> > Do we know if this bug affects Centos? > The bug did not affect centos 5. The bug did affect centos 6. The fix from the upstream vendor was released on Monday afaik. The centos update was released Tuesday evening. James ___ CentOS mailing list Ce

[CentOS] Local privilege escalation bug in kernel

2012-01-25 Thread Frank Cox
Do we know if this bug affects Centos? http://www.techworld.com.au/article/413300/linux_vendors_rush_patch_privilege_escalation_flaw_after_root_exploits_emerge The article states that it affects kernel 2.6.39 and above, but since RH backports so much stuff I'm not sure if this would actually incl