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Bug#: 140581
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Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: DUPLICATE of bug 140444
Assigned To: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers@gentoo.org>
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Reporter: Jesse Adelman <jesse@boldandbusted.com>
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Description:   Opened: 2006-07-15 17:15 0000
"All users of the 2.6.16 kernel are
recommended to upgrade to this kernel, as it fixes a publicly known
security issue that can provide root access to any local user of the
machine."

and...

"All users of the 2.6.17 kernel are
recommended to upgrade to this kernel, as it fixes a publicly known
security issue that can provide root access to any local user of the
machine."

Yikes! Marking "Critical" <- apologies if that is too high for this bug.
Thanks.

------- Comment #1 From Daniel Drake 2006-07-15 17:35:07 0000 -------
We already include the less obtrusive fixes, see the gentoo-sources changelog

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140444 ***

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