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| author | Alexander E. Patrakov <alexander@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-06-13 16:20:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Alexander E. Patrakov <alexander@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-06-13 16:20:00 +0000 |
| commit | 5ea02778eac60733ce16df37f65e2c81e24c8486 (patch) | |
| tree | c7f1501cac5916b32e9949084f494afa4c886d0a /chapter08/kernel.xml | |
| parent | e63529b364f0ace413be9ebe3de5f3f3c24ff576 (diff) | |
Security: fixed an exploitable DoS bug in FPU exception handling code in linux-2.6.6
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3782 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml index 41f658c04..8995f4264 100644 --- a/chapter08/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ recommends that this command be issued prior to <emphasis>each</emphasis> kernel compilation. You shouldn't rely on the source tree being clean after un-tarring.</para> +<para>Fix an exploitable bug in FPU exception handling code:</para> + +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../linux-&linux-version;-fpu-1.patch</userinput></screen> + <para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface:</para> <screen><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen> |