[A-004] SSA:2009-342-01 (Kernel)

Oncle Jean on Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:44 am

New Linux kernel packages are available for Slackware 13.0 and -current to address a security issue

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.603376

Don't forget to reinstall LILO after. See the ChangeLog:
Tue Dec 8 20:44:44 UTC 2009
patches/packages/linux-2.6.29.6-3/:
Added new kernels and kernel packages with a patch for CVE-2009-1298,
a kernel bug where oversized IP packets cause a NULL pointer dereference
and immediate hang.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1298
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/11/25/104
Be sure to reinstall LILO after upgrading the kernel packages.
(* Security fix *)

http://www.slackware.com/changelog/stable.php?cpu=i386