10.04 LTS kernel security problem? - detail

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On Thu, 12 May 2011 00:40 +1000, "Ian Fleming" <iflema at yahoo.com.au>
wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:11:38 PM David wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > I clean-installed 10.04 LTS two days ago. In a computer mag I read
> > something about Ubuntu (or Linux kernel) vulnerabilities for 10.04 being
> > discovered recently. I may be remembering it wrong, but I thought the
> > mag said that if you had kernel 2.6.35.25 then you are in the clear.
> > 
> > When my 10.04 boots it shows the number as 'Linux 2.6.32.31-generic'.
> > 
> > Straight after installing I had let Update Manager get the OS up to
> > date. Am I in the clear, as far as these alleged vulnerabilities go? Or
> > is there something else I have to do to 'get a newer kernel'?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Dave
> 
> hi Dave...
> 
> Know security issues will be patched asap and that includes LTS releases.
> 
> Ubuntu adds its own patches to the vanilla kernel and so maintains its
> own 
> kernel to a certain extent.
> 
> A list of known vulnerabilities for Ubuntu release can be found here: 
> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/lucid/
> 
> Its hard to answer your question without more information re the issue. 
> 
> There is a good chance that Ubuntu has a patch/update for it even though
> the 
> kernel version is lower than others.

Thanks,

I read this:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-security-holes-found-holes-fixed/8402?tag=mantle_skin;content

It lists further down the page the types of vulnerability in 10.04.

(Further down there are reader comments about "spin and zealotry"!)

Dave