Kernel security update would break ABI

Ecmel Ercan ecmel at ercansoy.com
Wed Dec 8 03:30:46 CST 2004


On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 11:30:30 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:


> There is a public vulnerability which affects the Warty kernel. We
> have a patch and could upload it any time, but this patch changes the
> ABI (Application Binary Interface). This should actually be
> unacceptable for a security update, but it is required to close the
> hole.

No updates yet AFAIK.

Are we in danger now?





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