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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: kernel
Date: October 8th, 2001
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2001:079

Affected versions: 8.1
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Problem Description:

 Alexander Viro discovered a vulnerability in the devfs implementation
 that is shipped with Mandrake Linux 8.1. We are aware of the problem
 and are currently working on a solution. As a workaround, until an
 update becomes available, please boot with the devfs=nomount option.
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References:

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You can view other security advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

  http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  securitylinux-mandrake.com
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Mandrake Linux has two security-related mailing list services that
anyone can subscribe to:

security-announcelinux-mandrake.com

  Mandrake Linux's security announcements mailing list. Only
  announcements are sent to this list and it is read-only.

security-discusslinux-mandrake.com

  Mandrake Linux's security discussion mailing list. This list is open
  to anyone to discuss Mandrake Linux security specifically and Linux
  security in general.

To subscribe to either list, send a message to
  sympalinux-mandrake.com
with "subscribe [listname]" in the body of the message.

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To get more information on either list, send a message to
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Optionally, you can use the web interface to subscribe to or unsubscribe
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  <securitylinux-mandrake.com>

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