Dear all, There has been a bug in the kernel with a buffer overflow in kernel,

Dear all, There has been a bug in the kernel with a buffer overflow in kernel, \begin{quote} A remote buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux Kernel could be exploited by attackers to execute code or cripple affected systems, according to a Gentoo bug report that just became public. The flaw could allow malicious hackers to launch arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges. This could lead to complete system compromise or, in some cases if an exploit fails, result in denial-of-service attacks. \end{quote} More at http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2121 Q: Will we see an updated kernel soon that addresses this issue? Is it a real bug or just on Gentoo?

From: Mike Cronenworth <mike(a)cchtml.com&gt; Subject: Re: Remote buffer overflow bug in kernel To: olivares14031(a)yahoo.com, "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt; Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 2:20 PM -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Remote buffer overflow bug in kernel From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031(a)yahoo.com&gt; To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com Date: 11/05/2008 04:01 PM > Dear all, > > There has been a bug in the kernel with a buffer overflow in kernel, The bug report[1] states that it is an ndiswrapper issue. Fedora AFAIK does not support ndiswrapper as it is a kernel module that is not upstream. Fedora shouldn't have anything to worry about. If you use ndiswrapper, you should check upstream or see if Gentoo has already done so, which I bet they have. [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239371