Support / Security / Advisories / Mandrakelinux 7.1 / MDKSA-2000:012

Package name: kernel
Date: 2000-06-24
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2000:012
Affected versions: 7.1 i586

Problem description

POSIX "Capabilities" have recently been implemented in the Linux kernel. These "Capabilities" are an additional form of privilege control to enable more specific control over what privileged processes can do. Capabilities are implemented as three (fairly large) bitfields, which each bit representing a specific action a privileged process can perform. By setting specific bits, the actions of priviliged processes can be controlled -- access can be granted for various functions only to the specific parts of a program that require them. It is a security measure. Important: If you use ReiserFS, please don't forget to do as following after the upgrade: - If you used MandrakeUpdate or rpm -Uvh to upgrade, reinstall kernel 2.2.15 from native Mandrake 7.1 - Type: cd /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk - Type: /sbin/depmod -a - Type: mkinitrd -f --ifneeded /boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk 2.2.16-9mdk - You can now remove the older 2.2.15. Type: rpm -e kernel-2.2.15 - Type: ln -sf /boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk /boot/initrd.img - Type: ln -sf /boot/System.map-2.2.16-9mdk /boot/System.map - Type: ln -sf /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-9mdk /boot/vmlinuz - In /etc/lilo.conf add: initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16-9mdk - Type: lilo -v

Updated packages

7.1 i586

 c5331676f063807160ff44e221cbd81d  7.1/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm
94b6ea108fd5436c7271ef5fc117553d  7.1/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 
b4e61a18465a1d452ef7768e3eb5bdc8  7.1/RPMS/kernel-fb-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 
69e05cea2853440c9914d71e6cea167f  7.1/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 
5c1463354cb8327d515cb0ba9453ffdc  7.1/RPMS/kernel-linus-2.2.16-2mdk.i586.rpm 
8735b139e0fc71f56d9a78d5f41a38da  7.1/RPMS/kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 
3fa45cb921549de64677fea83d0d47bc  7.1/RPMS/kernel-secure-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 
3aac015c1dd82951a3c4d5c8f694d2bb  7.1/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 
3dc16da65156c7cda785fe0a80e8e546  7.1/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 
fb0aba2b890edb6a238b090760abdef2  7.1/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm 
20346b180246a4695145684f07a7a979  7.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.src.rpm 
c158098babcbdc5a5235ded8adf5dc09  7.1/RPMS/reiserfs-utils-2.2.16_3.5.19-9mdk.i586.rpm 
a22bd276a9f77ac16b87494b7880b3c3  7.1/RPMS/alsa-2.2.16_0.5.7-9mdk.i586.rpm