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Cc: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix
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On 10/1/11 12:10 AM, 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.

They normally do for these cases, but please keep in mind that the
security officer had issued three consecutive security advisories.
Unfortunately, he's only human, too. :-)

-- 
Glen Barber