Andy Random wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I did an update on a Debian Stable machine today (for the first time
> this year) and it pulled in a new kernel version.
>
> #uname -a
> Linux mouse 2.6.18-5-686 #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 21:24:20 UTC 2007 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> Given the date there I assume that this isn't a kernel patch for the
> recent local->root exploit but some other earlier kernel security update?
>
Sadly the date given in 'uname -a' does not correspond to when the
kernel was built. This, however, will:
cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.18-6-k7 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1)
(waldi@???) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian
4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 22:16:15 UTC 2008
>
> So is there somewhere I can lookup what this upgrade was for and out
> of curiosity any idea when Debian will be releasing a patched version
> of the stable kernel for the recent exploit?
The Debian packaging website is the best resource for this kind of
thing:
http://packages.debian.org/. For example:
http://packages.debian.org/linux-image-2.6.18-6-686
And then on the right hit "Debian changelog".
Cheers,
David
