Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:46:03 -0400 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-13:05.nfsserver Message-ID: <20130430034603.GF1588@glenbarber.us> In-Reply-To: <201304292208.QAA16119@lariat.net> References: <201304292055.r3TKtcEs039958@freefall.freebsd.org> <201304292208.QAA16119@lariat.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 04:08:22PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > Please be advised that, when using freebsd-update(8) to install the patch for > this security problem, freebsd-update will move the current kernel to /boot/kernel.old, > and install a new GENERIC kernel in /boot/kernel, even if you have built a custom > kernel and created a copy of the GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC. > > The kernel in /boot/GENERIC is NOT updated, nor are the modules in that directory > updated. What's more, if you did not build modules for your custom kernel, you > will not get copies of the updated NFS modules. > > This is probably not the behavior most users who have built custom kernels will > want or expect. (I would have hoped that the GENERIC kernel, its modules, and the > kernel sources would be updated and that I'd be reminded to rebuild my custom kernel > if necessary.) > This has _always_ been the case with freebsd-update(8). Glen [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJRfz57AAoJEFJPDDeguUaj6ZgH/1eBAaIrofVAo304Zr220ADN KUB2z0ez+qJaxrahu3T89I4F/ZkxCu4FoKWgWiiFPBnOPRZpAfF1lL3NypB7rb+5 Z6m4a9pXmYzOS7LadqKvO3GdVEmRp633k6jf7A1Bb72jIeLiHsi+87gZ995l/NLZ LphfN8TS77K5tkOXc6AQeq6PnY5Yu8Ap+inxeQaX4REjHirnYMy6q7a5fkfpknlY TF+pw9PU8eVWJEHWo3/3Z2oDk6ymGFkZQW/Op4yEHvWfItMWihHAH1FYj2dt8quA D5BWH4FQCfr+8N9w2NO+xRi1/moGEzNHhEKiPiiO/BjYc51Crs/EOiJ0HJQKcEM= =JyQZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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