Re: [CentOS] kernel security issues

2011-01-25 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 01/25/2011 12:59 PM, Dave wrote: >> vanilla one for the same version isnt really that actively maintained is >> it ? Also, the EL kernels contain a fair bit of backports which makes >> things a bit more interesting. > > Not sure. That's why I'm asking for. > eg 2.6.32>> 2.6.32.28 (longterm) > a

Re: [CentOS] kernel security issues

2011-01-25 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 01/25/2011 02:24 AM, Dave wrote: > Question: Are those alerts mostly specifically centos related or do they > also affect the vanilla sources? I don't recall having ever seen a security problem in the RHEL/CentOS kernel that didn't affect the upstream sources. There's no need to rely on impre

Re: [CentOS] kernel security issues

2011-01-25 Thread Dave
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:34 +, "Karanbir Singh" wrote: > On 01/25/2011 10:24 AM, Dave wrote: > > after watching the security alerts for the centos kernel I've the > > impression that altought they are fixed fastly there are more alerts > > than for the vanilla one of the same version. > > vani

Re: [CentOS] kernel security issues

2011-01-25 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 01/25/2011 10:24 AM, Dave wrote: > after watching the security alerts for the centos kernel I've the > impression that altought they are fixed fastly there are more alerts > than for the vanilla one of the same version. vanilla one for the same version isnt really that actively maintained is i

Re: [CentOS] kernel security issues

2011-01-25 Thread Dave
> Yes and No. It is dependent on where you are getting the source > security updates from. Some times it can come down all the way from > kernel.org > rh >CentOS. Then at times the security problem never > effects kernel.org kernel. There can be issues into play that upstream > introduced into

Re: [CentOS] kernel security issues

2011-01-25 Thread JohnS
On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 02:24 -0800, Dave wrote: > Question: Are those alerts mostly specifically centos related or do they > also affect the vanilla sources? Yes and No. It is dependent on where you are getting the source security updates from. Some times it can come down all the way from kernel

[CentOS] kernel security issues

2011-01-25 Thread Dave
Hi, after watching the security alerts for the centos kernel I've the impression that altought they are fixed fastly there are more alerts than for the vanilla one of the same version. Question: Are those alerts mostly specifically centos related or do they also affect the vanilla sources? --

[CentOS] kernel security issues+

2011-01-25 Thread Dave
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