Download Linux Kernel 2.4.27

Marcelo Tosatti has released a new version of the 2.4 Linux Kernel with 2.4.27 as the version number. Although the 2.4.x series has actually been superseded by the 2.6.x kernels and can no longer welcome new features, the vast majority of Linux systems still run a 2.4 variant. the complete changelog from version 2.4.27-pre1 to version 2.4.27-rc6 is unfortunately too big to post here. The following vulnerabilities have been addressed, among others:

Here is a list of the most important security issues fixed by this release:

• CAN-2004-0495 (Al Viro sparse fixes)
• CAN-2004-0497 (users could modify group ID of arbitrary files on the system)
• CAN-2004-0535 (e1000 minor info leak)
• CAN-2004-0685 (backported Conectiva usb sparse fixes)
• CAN-2004-0415 (file offset pointer handling race)
• CAN-2004-0565 (information leak ia64)