Slackware 9.1: 2004-119-01 Critical Kernel Overflow Exploit

Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: Wed Apr 28 10:19:51 PDT 2004 patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.26-i486-2.tgz: The first version of this package included one of the old 2.4.22 kernels by mistake. Thanks to the many people who pointed out this error. Sorry! (* Security fix *) Tue Apr 27 15:25:29 PDT 2004 patches/packages/alsa-driver-0.9.8-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled for Linux 2.4.26. patches/packages/hotplug-2004_01_05-noarch-1.tgz: This adds bugfixes for using a 2.6.x kernel, and adds the broken via-ircc module to the hotplug blacklist. Note that upgrading the package will not replace an existing blacklist, but as far as I can tell there are no ill effects from trying to load via-ircc other than the ugly mess on the screen at boot time. patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.26-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.4.26. patches/packages/kernel-headers-2.4.26-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.4.26. patches/packages/kernel-modules-2.4.26-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to