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Fedora Core 4: FEDORA-2005-627 Critical: Depmod Crash Fix

This fixes a crash in depmod when encountering certain misbuilt modules.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2005-627 2005-07-22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Product : Fedora Core 4 Name : module-init-tools Version : 3.1 Release : 4 Summary : Kernel module management utilities. Description : The modutils package includes various programs needed for automatic loading and unloading of modules under 2.2 and later kernels, as well as other module management programs. Device drivers and filesystems are two examples of loaded and unloaded modules. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This fixes a crash in depmod when encountering certain misbuilt modules. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Fri Jul 22 2005 Bill Nottingham 3.1-4 - fix depmod segfault on bad modules (#162716) ---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from: 793143670c55f106d9c55fc264758b5d SRPMS/module-init-tools-3.1-4.src.rpm 4d4304b64d2858e4a1fc533ca22c0d57 ppc/module-init-tools-3.1-4.ppc.rpm 44aafc9bc458857d9a06596e2faad46a ppc/debug/module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.1-4.ppc.rpm b7a3ecd0ae797b1a1dfa8fd7e2f889c2 x86_64/module-init-tools-3.1-4.x86_64.rpm 16f3c9dd3bd4b2d797b3e7eb91dfe7bc x86_64/debug/module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.1-4.x86_64.rpm 290f88d47d737be8d39a4bd4162a5159 i386/module-init-tools-3.1-4.i386.rpm 0535f6f88045297be868648328c8de56 i386/debug/module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.1-4.i386.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. -----------------------------------------------------------------------fedora-announce-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . A patch for Fedora Core 4 addresses acrashing problem in depmod caused by incorrectly built modules. For full update information, click here.. Fedora Core 4, module-init-tools, crash fix, kernel update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 22, 2005 •Critical Fedora