-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:44:59 -0500, Sadanapalli, Pradeep Kumar (MED, TCS) wrote:
> Yeah I am aware of that they are ofcourse the same except some > patches..!! But clearcase officially > supports only kernels 2.4.20-8 , 2.4.20-9&2.4.20-12.9(not available > through redhat update site) , so > we must be running only the supported kernel , even if it is not much > different from the latest kernel > version. So the clearcase 5.0 may run with the kernel 2.4.20-18.9 , > unless it is supported by > clearcase(Rational) , our policy won't allow to run it. > > So I come back to my earlier question - what are the differences between > the kernels 2.4.20-8 and > 2.4.20-18.9 versions with respect to vulnerabilities - any pointers to > any links or any suggestions? 1) http://www.redhat.com/errata -- advisories from Red Hat 2) rpm --query --changelog --package kernel-2.4.20-18.9.i386.rpm | less to get additional comments on kernel package modifications. Note, though, that package changelogs can be incomplete. 3) get the kernel-2.4.20-18.9.src.rpm and compare its archive contents with the 2.4.20-8 src.rpm. That way you would find additional or changed patches. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/DfM20iMVcrivHFQRApSnAJ46PySqI6UwrA0oFXA55xI1WPJv1wCfbySN UKclAGCDSwessZ4zBobjII0= =/+n0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
