Sun, 18 Mar 2001 Mike Rheinheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all. I am in a situation where I need to backport usb to 2.2.14. I >personally think this is a bad idea and have expressed this opinion over >and over to the powers that be, but alas, this is the situation. No >backport patch file exists for such a situation. So far the suggestions >I have recieved have been to copy the usb stuff from 2.2.18 to the 2.2.14 >kernel and work it from there...and that this should be relatively easy. >Well, it is not easy... 2.2.x kernels before 2.2.16 have a potential security flaw and should be updated anyway. Are the powers that be aware of that? I don't know where to find the original advisory, but an example for RedHat is http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/redhat_advisory-502.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
