Re: Remote buffer overflow bug in kernel

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 14:01:03 -0800 (PST)
Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 yahoo com> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> There has been a bug in the kernel with a buffer overflow in kernel, 

No there has not, its just the usual standard of "journalism" on the net.

> Is it a real bug or just on Gentoo?  

Some random out of kernel third party code has a bug (ndiswrapper). If
you use it you need to ask said third party vendor  for advice.

Alan