Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 16:14:27 +1000 From: Sean <sean@gothic.net.au> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix Message-ID: <8AC5D3E0-B0D0-412C-BCDF-D531C0116043@gothic.net.au> In-Reply-To: <4E86A12E.3070600@FreeBSD.org> References: <201110010410.p914Ap3F001617@chilled.skew.org> <4E86A12E.3070600@FreeBSD.org>
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On 01/10/2011, at 3:12 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 09/30/2011 21:10, Mike Brown wrote: >> Eitan Adler wrote: >>>> do I reboot for this one, or not? >>> The kernel is changed, so yes. >> >> Thanks. I had guessed a reboot was needed, but the advisory only mentioned a >> reboot in the context of building the kernel from sources. Hopefully, when a >> reboot is required, future advisories will mention it in the freebsd-update(8) >> instructions. > > When would a reboot not be needed for a kernel change? > When it's a kernel module either not loaded, not compiled in, or can be unloaded/reloaded? Not this one though... > -- > > Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. > -- OK Go > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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