[slackware-security] Slackware 15.0 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-5.15.63/: Upgraded. These updates fix various bugs and security issues. Be sure to upgrade your initrd after upgrading the kernel packages. I...

[slackware-security] Slackware 15.0 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-5.15.27/: Upgraded. These updates fix various bugs and security issues, including the recently announced "Dirty Pipe" vulnerability which...

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.157/: Upgraded. This kernel removes the unnecessary vmacacheflushall code which could have led to a use-after-free situation and...

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.144/: Upgraded. This kernel update enables additional mitigations for spectrev2 IBPB and IBRSFW. It also enables reporting on the...

[slackware-security] kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.75/: Upgraded. This kernel fixes security issues that include possible stack exhaustion, memory corruption, and arbitrary co...