Re: 2.4.20 and ptrace xploit

[Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 16:24, Leonardo Saavedra Henriquez wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I've noticed that xfs patch from ftp :
> -rw-r--r--       855192   mar 19 00:54   xfs-2.4.20-all-i386.bz2
> has today's date,
> Has this file been patched for ptrace exploit?
> 
> I wouldn't like to have to patch  with 2.4.21-pre5 plus XFS.
> 

Nope, it has not, but applying the ptrace fix to 2.4.20 should
not be a problem. We cannot be in the business of doing a distribution
and providing fixes to all and sundry with XFS. Unless you all want
to start paying us lots of money ;-).

Steve

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