[FLSA-2004:1284] Updated kernel resolves security vulnerabilities

Jesse Keating jkeating at j2solutions.net
Fri Mar 5 04:40:04 UTC 2004


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On Thursday 04 March 2004 20:38, ral77 wrote:
> Will this apply to /boot/grub.conf as well after the updated kernel is
> installed (remove .legacy from kernel entry) ?
> I have both rh72 with lilo and a rh8 server using the grub bootloader.
> In the past when I  downloaded and updated a kernel manually it was rpm
> -ivh kernel-2.4.20-*. This way the previous kernel is still available as
> backup , would a rpm -Fvh overwrite the kernel-2.4.20-28.7.

No, grub is fine.

- -Fvh will overwrite.  Use -ivh instead.

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