Changeset f52ea4e for chapter08

Timestamp:

01/09/2005 02:17:39 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Children:

50bf600

Parents:

39bcf11a

Message:

• Add security patch for the kernel

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/testing/BOOK@4532 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter08/kernel.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter08/kernel.xml

@@ -34 +34 @@
 file in the kernel source tree for alternate methods to the way this
 book configures the kernel.</para>
+
+<para>Kernel version 2.6.10 has a security vulnerability that will allow user
+processes to gain root privledges upon loading of a kernel module.  See:
+<ulink url="http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0412.3/0679.html"/> for more information.  The following patch fixes this problem:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../linux-&linux-version;-security_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Prepare for compilation by running the following command:</para>