[Announce] [SECURITY] New kernel release: 2.6.18 028stab053.4

Kir Kolyshkin kir at openvz.org
Fri Jan 18 12:46:36 EST 2008


OpenVZ project has released an updated 2.6.18-based kernel.
Read below for more information. Everybody who's using
this kernel branch is advised to upgrade.


Changes
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* Major mainstream security fix (CVE-2008-0001).
* utimensat() syscall backport for new distros.
* CPT fixes/improvements.
* CIFS bugfix.
* Other minor fixes.

For the complete changelog, see
http://openvz.org/news/updates/kernel-2.6.18-028stab053.4


Compatibility
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* Checkpointing file format changed; live migration to earlier kernels 
won't work.


Download
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http://openvz.org/download/kernel/2.6.18/archives/2.6.18-ovz028stab053.4


Bug reporting
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Use http://bugzilla.openvz.org/ to report any bugs found.


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