Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:10:51 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix Message-ID: <4E864C7B.8010000@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201109302239.p8UMdPQB019930@chilled.skew.org> References: <201109302239.p8UMdPQB019930@chilled.skew.org>
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On 9/30/11 6:39 PM, Mike Brown wrote: > FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote: >> FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix Security Advisory >> [...] >> 2) To update your vulnerable system via a source code patch: >> [...] >> c) Recompile your kernel as described in >> <URL:http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html>; and reboot the >> system. >> >> 3) To update your vulnerable system via a binary patch: >> >> Systems running 7.4-RELEASE, 7.3-RELEASE, 8.2-RELEASE, or 8.1-RELEASE on >> the i386 or amd64 platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) >> utility: >> >> # freebsd-update fetch >> # freebsd-update install > > Quick question: after running freebsd-update install, do I reboot for this > one, or not? You should need to, because the patch affects the kernel. -- Glen Barber
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