Re: is it possible to update kernel on out-of-data SL5?

2017-06-21 Thread Stephan Wiesand
On Jun 22, 2017, at 00:07 , WILLIAM J LUTTER wrote: > Recently there has been the "stack-clash" exploit that impacts several OS > including linux > > (CVE-2017-1000364). Unfortunately, I maintain several old SL5 PCs. For > instance, one of them is 5.7 with a 2.6.18-419 kernel. Which until

Re: is it possible to update kernel on out-of-data SL5?

2017-06-21 Thread Paul Robert Marino
Not trustworthy ones On Jun 21, 2017 6:08 PM, "WILLIAM J LUTTER" wrote: > Recently there has been the "stack-clash" exploit that impacts several OS > including linux > > (CVE-2017-1000364). Unfortunately, I maintain several old SL5 PCs. For > instance, one of them is 5.7

is it possible to update kernel on out-of-data SL5?

2017-06-21 Thread WILLIAM J LUTTER
Recently there has been the "stack-clash" exploit that impacts several OS including linux (CVE-2017-1000364). Unfortunately, I maintain several old SL5 PCs. For instance, one of them is 5.7 with a 2.6.18-419 kernel. I suppose that kernels for SL/Centos/Redhat kernels that would be

Re: Security ERRATA Important: kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64

2017-06-21 Thread Mark Stodola
This particular email was sent to the errata list, but the reply-to header is set to the users lists... On 06/21/2017 02:47 AM, Bill Maidment wrote: Aha. Thanks for that. How many mailing lists do we need??? I got confused (not difficult at my age) as the response came on the User list.

RE: Security ERRATA Important: kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64

2017-06-21 Thread Bill Maidment
Aha. Thanks for that. How many mailing lists do we need??? I got confused (not difficult at my age) as the response came on the User list. Anyway, I echo the response. The team always seems to be on top of security issues. Thank you (and the community) for being so friendly and helpful. Cheers

Re: Security ERRATA Important: kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64

2017-06-21 Thread Hans Kristian Rosbach
I think that mail came from the scientific-linux-err...@listserv.fnal.gov list, so you might have been removed from that list for some reason, but not from the users list for example. -- Hans Kristian Rosbach Servebolt.com / Raske Sider On 06/21/2017 12:41 AM, Bill Maidment wrote: Hi. Is