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author Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>2021-12-08 20:42:30 +0000
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a/kernel-generic-5.15.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. a/kernel-huge-5.15.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. a/kernel-modules-5.15.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. d/kernel-headers-5.15.7-x86-1.txz: Upgraded. k/kernel-source-5.15.7-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded. n/samba-4.15.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and these regressions in the 4.15.2 release: CVE-2020-25717: A user on the domain can become root on domain members. https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-25717.html PLEASE [RE-]READ! The instructions have been updated and some workarounds initially advised for 4.15.2 are no longer required and should be reverted in most cases. BUG-14902: User with multiple spaces (eg Fred<space><space>Nurk) become un-deletable. While this release should fix this bug, it is advised to have a look at the bug report for more detailed information, see: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14902 For more information, see: https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-25717.html https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25717 (* Security fix *) x/libX11-1.7.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. x/xscope-1.4.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. xap/mozilla-thunderbird-91.4.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/91.4.0/releasenotes/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43536 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43537 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43538 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43539 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43541 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43542 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43543 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43545 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43546 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43528 (* Security fix *) xfce/exo-4.16.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt. kernels/*: Upgraded. usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Slackware initrd mini HOWTO
by Patrick Volkerding, volkerdi@slackware.com
-Wed Dec 1 19:30:31 UTC 2021
+Wed Dec 8 20:31:03 UTC 2021
This document describes how to create and install an initrd, which may be
required to use the 4.x kernel. Also see "man mkinitrd".
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ flexible to ship a generic kernel and a set of kernel modules for it.
The easiest way to make the initrd is to use the mkinitrd script included
in Slackware's mkinitrd package. We'll walk through the process of
-upgrading to the generic 5.15.6 Linux kernel using the packages
+upgrading to the generic 5.15.7 Linux kernel using the packages
found in Slackware's slackware/a/ directory.
First, make sure the kernel, kernel modules, and mkinitrd package are
installed (the current version numbers might be a little different, so
this is just an example):
- installpkg kernel-generic-5.15.6-x86_64-1.txz
- installpkg kernel-modules-5.15.6-x86_64-1.txz
+ installpkg kernel-generic-5.15.7-x86_64-1.txz
+ installpkg kernel-modules-5.15.7-x86_64-1.txz
installpkg mkinitrd-1.4.11-x86_64-26.txz
Change into the /boot directory:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Now you'll want to run "mkinitrd". I'm using ext4 for my root filesystem,
and since the disk controller requires no special support the ext4 module
will be the only one I need to load:
- mkinitrd -c -k 5.15.6 -m ext4
+ mkinitrd -c -k 5.15.7 -m ext4
This should do two things. First, it will create a directory
/boot/initrd-tree containing the initrd's filesystem. Then it will
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ you could make some additional changes in /boot/initrd-tree/ and
then run mkinitrd again without options to rebuild the image. That's
optional, though, and only advanced users will need to think about that.
-Here's another example: Build an initrd image using Linux 5.15.6
+Here's another example: Build an initrd image using Linux 5.15.7
kernel modules for a system with an ext4 root partition on /dev/sdb3:
- mkinitrd -c -k 5.15.6 -m ext4 -f ext4 -r /dev/sdb3
+ mkinitrd -c -k 5.15.7 -m ext4 -f ext4 -r /dev/sdb3
4. Now that I've built an initrd, how do I use it?