Hi Konstantin, On 10/31/2016 12:17 PM, Konstantin Khorenko wrote: > Hi Tom, > > On 10/31/2016 03:32 PM, Tom Krause wrote: >> So how I get a patched kernel for openvz7? I think, I'm affected by >> the COW ... > > you have 2 options: > 1) enable "factory" yum repo (which points to > https://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/factory/x86_64/os/) and update > "vzkernel" > package. > Packages in this repo are updated nightly. > > 1.a) update "vzkernel" manually via "rpm -Uhv > https://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/factory/x86_64/os/Packages/v/vzkernel-..."; > > And reboot the node, obviously. > > 2) buy Virtuozzo :) > In that case you'll get a subscription to ReadyKernel > (https://readykernel.com/), and the fixing process will be like > # yum update readykernel-patch-$(uname -r) > > And you won't need to reboot the node after that.
Thanks for your instructions to get the latest patched vzkernel. Generally I don't want to run nightly kernel builds in production. Will the Dirty COW and future security patches make their way into stable OpenVZ 7 kernels soon after testing in nightly builds? (Same as with OpenVZ 6 stable kernel series?) Thanks, Frank _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openvz.org https://lists.openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
