Actually, they seem to be in the testing repository now:
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40rolling/testing/x86_64/RPMS/kernel/
I guess we can try one out now...
Graeme
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 16:25, Ma, Mingchao
(STFC,RAL,ESC)<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just received an email from Romain at CERN. The fixed SLC4/5 kernel packages
> should be available today, and the SL4/5 kernel packages will follow
> shortly. But they are only available in the testing repositories and will be
> moved to stable repository after testing.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mingchao
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graeme Stewart
>> Sent: 25 August 2009 15:14
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Redhat (4 & 5) security update (CVE-2009-2692 local root
>> vulnerability) now available
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> After discussion, we have decided to close the queues at Glasgow until
>> the patched SL kernels are available because of
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518034. For the moment the
>> CEs remain vulnerable, but there are only a few of these and they will
>> be monitored closely.
>>
>> We will probably, however, apply the kernel upgrade as a critical
>> patch and kill running jobs as soon as it is available.
>>
>> We are in an unscheduled downtime for 24 hours.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Graeme
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:29, TSV54526<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > FYI. Finally RH released security update on CVE-2009-2692. Hopefully
>> > SL/CentOS will release the fix soon.
>> >
>> > https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1223.html
>> > https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.html
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Mingchao
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr Graeme Stewart http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/~graeme/
>> Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Scotland
>> DEATH TO MEETINGS!
>
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Dr Graeme Stewart http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/~graeme/
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Scotland
DEATH TO MEETINGS!
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