Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:25:40 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org> Cc: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-11:05.unix Message-ID: <4E869644.4020703@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201110010410.p914Ap3F001617@chilled.skew.org> References: <201110010410.p914Ap3F001617@chilled.skew.org>
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On 10/1/11 12:10 AM, Mike Brown wrote: > Eitan Adler wrote: >>> do I reboot for this one, or not? >> The kernel is changed, so yes. > > Thanks. I had guessed a reboot was needed, but the advisory only mentioned a > reboot in the context of building the kernel from sources. Hopefully, when a > reboot is required, future advisories will mention it in the freebsd-update(8) > instructions. They normally do for these cases, but please keep in mind that the security officer had issued three consecutive security advisories. Unfortunately, he's only human, too. :-) -- Glen Barber
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