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Kernel 2.4.26 Out

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the living-in-the-safety-zone dept.

StupidKatz writes "Fresh from the oven, the fine folks at kernel.org have released 2.4.26, filled with such yummy goodness as fixes for those damnable mmap() vulns, among other things. Remember to use your favorite mirror!"

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  1. When by odano · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When are they going to start using bittorrent to start distributing these things?

    1. Re:When by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      When are you going to get a clue and simply download the diff between this version and the last version?

    2. Re:When by Paladin128 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      What would be REALLY interesting is if the kernel source had a script triggered by something like "make update" that downloaded and installed the diff.

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    3. Re:When by mj2k · · Score: 4, Funny

      just when I thought I'd be able to dl the kernel, the release is announced on /.

  2. Perfect Timing by Foggy1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two days after I upgrade to 2.6.5. Wonderful.

  3. The kernels out??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never in a million years would I have guessed it was gay.

  4. Re:cannot run by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, you downloaded the Mac version. You need to be sure to get linux-2.4.6.exe.

  5. Re:Why still 2.4? by 0racle · · Score: 5, Informative

    Stability. Not every linux installation is on some geeks desk, some applications and installations require absolute stability, or as close as you can get, that means nothing but bug fixes. 2.6 might be called the stable branch, but its relatively untested compared to 2.4. Other then that, give me one good reason to move my 486 to 2.6.

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  6. Well well, by On+Lawn · · Score: 4, Insightful


    I've just got to say, I think Marcello's done a great job on the 2.4 series. For having to be part political leader, part CS genious, and part referee he's not given many people a reason to complain.

  7. Re:Why still 2.4? by Eudial · · Score: 5, Informative

    2.6 is alot bigger than 2.4, so if you are running on a slow computer, or perhaps a low-memory computer built into something (fridge or car?) you might want to use 2.4 or maybe 2.2

    And we've always got the really conservative "in my days the kernel was 200 Kb of sourcecode"-people.

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  8. And then... by tcgwebs · · Score: 5, Funny
    And then the new kernel fixes old bugs, and implements new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will still have bugs.

    Damn. Maybe I should switch to Windows. Oh.. wait..

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  9. Third party drivers, etc by phorm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well... in the case of my servers - I would need up go to dump the debian/stable modutils in favour of the (I believe still debian/unstable) module loader for a 2.6 kernel (can't remember which it is, but I've done it a few times upgrading desktops). This of course requires upgrading a bunch of other dependant crap.

    And then there's the 3rd-party drivers. RAID controllers, etc etc. Yes, I know 2.6 is supposed to possibly figure out drivers from older kernels, but do I really want to trust that? Some of these don't have 2.6 drivers. Hell, for some they 2.4 drivers were a recent thing... I had a machine which I called the vendor to specifically get a 2.4.xx driver for a multi-modem system since the box was still running 2.2 before a hardware upgrade.

    Being at the latest-and-greatest is good if it provides a noticable benefit vs the drawbacks up grading. In this case, it doesn't.

  10. Not mremap(), but these! by fifirebel · · Score: 5, Informative
    <KARMA TYPE="whoring">

    Okay... This is the result of a cursory check, do your homework folks!

    • CAN-2004-0003

      The R128 DRI bounds checking bug is a potential local root exploit.
      According to this patch 2.4.26 contains the fix.

    • CAN-2004-0109

      The isofs bug. It is locally exploitable iff you have hardware access or if you can induce someone to mount a compromised medium.

    • CAN-2004-0177

      The ext3 information leak. It cannot lead to any exploit and has only the tiniest chances of giving an attacker any usable information.

    • CAN-2004-0178

      The SoundBlaster Denial of Service.

    But no, no mremap issues...

    </KARMA>

  11. 2.6.5 is latest stable but.. by destiney · · Score: 5, Funny


    Debian users need new news too I guess.

  12. It's so obvious it should be Gary Oldman.. by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 5, Funny

    CmdrTaco: You want news?
    ScottGant: I think I'm entitled to it.
    CmdrTaco: You want news?
    ScottGant: I want stuff that matters!
    CmdrTaco: You can't handle stuff that matters!
    Son, we live in a world that has firewalls. And those firewalls have to be guarded by admins with stable kernels. Who's gonna do it? You? You, ScottGant? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Stanford and you curse the /. editors. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that this 2.4 kernel release, while tragically dull, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives...You don't want the stuff that matters.
    We use words like integrity, dupes,stability...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very security I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a cheap hosting company and run a website. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!

    I really need some sleep.

  13. Over in Utah... by Chris+Brewer · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Just look at this:

    - JFS: Add lots of missing statics and remove dead code
    - JFS: Prevent hang in __lock_metapage
    - JFS: Fix race in jfs_sync

    Not only are those pesky hippie theives stole our precious JFS, they're also fixing bugs in it. Curse them!"

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  14. Summary Changelog by rimu+guy · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those who don't like 1000 line changelogs, here are the changes that Marcello specifically mentioned on his -pre and -rc lkml postings:

    • NFS client fixes
    • Bluetooth fixes
    • IDE update (fixes for AMD chipset driver)
    • Inclusion of Medley software RAID driver by Thomas Horsten http://www.infowares.com/linux/#medley_intro
    • XFS update
    • Big SCTP (http://www.sctp.org) merge (to match 2.6 API)
    • Network driver updates (including the addition of nVidia Force driver).
    • ACPI upstream merge

    - Run Your own Linux Server on The Latest and Greatest 2.4 or 2.6 Kernel