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Monthly Archives August 2009

openSUSE : default desktop going to be KDE, but…

What is this ? It is said that this change is useless and won’t make any difference. In a few words, you consider that the request was stupid. On that point, and also as a Gnome user, I agree. In that case, why would you change anything ? No one is going to be satisfied [...]

Posted 20 August 2009 § openSUSE ‡ Comments (8) ° Tagged: , ,

openSUSE kernel sources : patching against sock_sendpage() NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

I am using the 2.6.30 kernel sources from Kernel:linux-next and noticed that it has not yet been patched against the ’sock_sendpage()’ NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability. The threat is serious as it could allow a local user to gain root privileges. Those who compile their own 2.6.x kernel should apply this patch (from Linus, check there [...]

Posted 17 August 2009 § Defense § Linux § openSUSE § Security § System ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,