From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 16 16:36:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6615E28 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:36:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.rsle.net (mx1.rsle.net [IPv6:2607:ff40:b0b::4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1519905 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:36:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from CLASSIFIED (CLASSIFIED [IPv6:2607:ff40:b0b::3:1415]) (authenticated bits=0) by mx1.rsle.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s8GGaKuQ041743 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:36:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-security@rsle.net) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.4 at antivirus.rsle.net Message-ID: <541866FF.1070204@rsle.net> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:36:15 -0400 From: "R. Scott Evans" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-14:19.tcp References: <20140916150742.GA1201@faust.sbb.rs> In-Reply-To: <20140916150742.GA1201@faust.sbb.rs> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (mx1.rsle.net [IPv6:2607:ff40:b0b::2]); Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:36:20 -0400 (EDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:36:32 -0000 On 09/16/14 11:07, Zoran Kolic wrote: > Sorry to make a mistake, regarding the subject!!! > >> Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the i386 or amd64 >> platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility: >> >> # freebsd-update fetch >> # freebsd-update install > > This is the question, I was intended to ask, since > the patch method needs kernel recompile: > do I need to recompile the kernel after freebsd-update? > Sorry for the noise > > Zoran The advisory solution offers 3 options... freebsd-update is the binary approach (option #3) that provides you a new updated generic kernel already compiled. If you aren't using a generic kernel or want to patch and recompile your own, then you would use the option #2. -scott