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Bug 140581 - [UPDATE] 2.6.16.26 and 2.6.17.5 patch for /proc security vulnterability
Summary: [UPDATE] 2.6.16.26 and 2.6.17.5 patch for /proc security vulnterability
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 140444
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High critical (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
URL: http://lwn.net/Articles/191510/
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Reported: 2006-07-15 17:15 UTC by Jesse Adelman
Modified: 2006-07-15 17:35 UTC (History)
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Description Jesse Adelman 2006-07-15 17:15:07 UTC 
"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 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-07-15 17:35:07 UTC 
We already include the less obtrusive fixes, see the gentoo-sources changelog

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