Re: Release of 2.4.21

Sebastian D.B. Krause
2003-03-20T21:57:46Z

On 3487 September 1993, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> The ptrace bug is only one of several local root holes. IIS would imply
> a remote vulnerability, something _far_ more serious.
>
> This specific ptrace hole is closed, yay. Now what about the other
> 10,001 that still exist? People are blowing this ptrace bug WAY
> out of proportion.

That may be true, but inspite of that there is another important and
dangerous bug in 2.4.20 (the ext3 thing) that IMHO is enough reason
to release a new kernel.