[SECURITY] Updated Fedora Core 1 kernel packages.

[Bill Nottingham]

Leonard den Ottolander (leonardjo at hetnet.nl) said: 
> > 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl kernel in FC1 is not vulnerable to this issue.
> > See linux-2.4.18-smallpatches.patch patch in
> > kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.src.rpm (mm/mmap.c change).
> 
>  So if these patches have been available since 2.4.18 then why are so many 
> (non RH) systems still vulnerable? Aren't such bugs communicated to 
> maintainers of other distros? Or to kernel.org?

The patch has not been available since 2.4.18. What happens is:

- the kernel source is kept in CVS
- there's a patch called linux-2.4.18-smallpatches.patch that was
  added when we were going to a 2.4.18 kernel (7.3-ish); it contains
  lots of random small patches and changes.
- the fix for this bug was added to that patch

Bill