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Kernel 2.6.29.4 Security Fixes 22 May 2009 11:49
Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
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" Kernel status
* Following the release of 2.6.27.23 and 2.6.29.3 on 9th May, the
stable series administrators this morning released kernel versions
2.6.27.24 and 2.6.29.4. As usual, all users of older versions of
kernel.org kernels "are very strongly encouraged to upgrade.". It is
not clear, however, whether the dozens of minor enhancements and bug
fixes also include fixes to security vulnerabilities. "
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According to http://lwn.net/, "2.6.29.4 stable kernel updates are
available...include a fair number of fixes, some of which certainly
appear to have security implications. 2.6.29.4 also has some
additional user-space API support for labeled networking."
Here are some (7) fixes to security vulnerabilities by Paul Moore:
lsm: Relocate the IPv4 security_inet_conn_request() hooks
netlabel: Add CIPSO {set, del}attr request_sock functions
netlabel: Add new NetLabel KAPI interfaces for request_sock security
attributes
selinux: Add new NetLabel glue code to handle labeling of connection
requests
selinux: Set the proper NetLabel security attributes for connection
requests
selinux: Remove dead code labeled networking code
smack: Set the proper NetLabel security attributes for connection
requests
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