Re: how to add security advisories

[Jean-Yves Migeon <jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost>]

On 26.06.2012 22:54, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2012, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
> 
>>> or I am doing this wrong?
>>
>> Nope, looks correct :)
> 
> But the advisory doesn't seem to indicate building and installing entire 
> distribution. The advisory is not clear to me other than the "Solutions 
> and Workarounds" makes it look like kernel only fix.

Correct, the sysret bug requires only a kernel fix/replacement.

The commands are the ones I would recommend for a SA (without any
specifics), it never hurts to update the whole system (except the hassle
of compiling "distribution" when starting from src and not binary sets).

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Jean-Yves Migeon
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