news 28 Posted February 20, 2014 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] kernel (SSA:2014-050-03) New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.1 (64-bit) to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware64 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/linux-3.10.17-2/*: These are new kernels that fix CVE-2014-0038, a bug that can allow local users to gain a root shell. Be sure to reinstall LILO (run "lilo" as root) after upgrading the kernel packages, or on UEFI systems, copy the appropriate kernel to /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/vmlinuz). For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0038 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/linux-3.10.17-2/ MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware x86_64 14.1 packages: 0ac63878bb367d8565118fec3e41285b kernel-generic-3.10.17-x86_64-2.txz c53abd0c97637816f18a6552e1a652a9 kernel-headers-3.10.17-x86-2.txz fa203294f13daf77aa636180e36ffad4 kernel-huge-3.10.17-x86_64-2.txz ce914034336a11cf7d87e588a12ae9e4 kernel-modules-3.10.17-x86_64-2.txz 1fd28066bde78aa0fe558ac172ab4e22 kernel-source-3.10.17-noarch-2.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg kernel-*.txz Then, run "lilo" to reinstall the boot loader. If there are no errors from LILO, reboot the system to begin using the new kernel. +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
