Security: fixed an exploitable DoS bug in FPU exception handling code in linux-2.6.6

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Alexander E. Patrakov 2004-06-13 16:20:00 +00:00
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@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
<listitem><para>iana-etc-1.00</para></listitem> <listitem><para>iana-etc-1.00</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>inetutils-1.4.2-kernel_headers-1.patch</para></listitem> <listitem><para>inetutils-1.4.2-kernel_headers-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>inetutils-1.4.2-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</para></listitem> <listitem><para>inetutils-1.4.2-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>linux-2.6.6-fpu-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>linux-libc-headers-2.6.6.0</para></listitem> <listitem><para>linux-libc-headers-2.6.6.0</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>mktemp-1.5</para></listitem> <listitem><para>mktemp-1.5</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>mktemp-1.5-add_tempfile-1.patch</para></listitem> <listitem><para>mktemp-1.5-add_tempfile-1.patch</para></listitem>
@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem><para>June 13, 2004 [alexander]: Security: added
linux-2.6.6-fpu-1.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>June 12, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Hotplug - corrected the <listitem><para>June 12, 2004 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Hotplug - corrected the
name of the bogus deps patch</para></listitem> name of the bogus deps patch</para></listitem>

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@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ following:</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Linux FPU Exceptions Security Fix - 1 KB:</term>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="&patches-root;linux-&linux-version;-fpu-1.patch"/></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
<term>Man 80-Columns Patch - 1 KB:</term> <term>Man 80-Columns Patch - 1 KB:</term>
<listitem> <listitem>

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kernel compilation. You shouldn't rely on the source tree being clean after kernel compilation. You shouldn't rely on the source tree being clean after
un-tarring.</para> un-tarring.</para>
<para>Fix an exploitable bug in FPU exception handling code:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../linux-&linux-version;-fpu-1.patch</userinput></screen>
<para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface:</para> <para>Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface:</para>
<screen><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>make menuconfig</userinput></screen>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!ENTITY version "CVS-20040612"> <!ENTITY version "CVS-20040613">
<!ENTITY releasedate "June 12, 2004"> <!ENTITY releasedate "June 13, 2004">
<!ENTITY milestone "6.0"> <!ENTITY milestone "6.0">
<!ENTITY lfs-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/"> <!ENTITY lfs-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">