Software Update: Linux Kernel 2.4.28

After no issues were found in the fourth release candidate of version 28 of the Linux 2.4 kernel, it has been declared final and released. Although the 2.4.x series has actually been superseded by the 2.6.x kernels and can no longer welcome new features, the vast majority of Linux systems still run a 2.4 variant. This new release contains some important bug fixes, including local root exploits. The complete changelog from version 2.4.28-pre1 to version 2.4.28-rc4 is unfortunately too large to post here, so we will suffice with a link to the page. Here’s the last bit from it:

Changes in 2.4.28 Final:

• 2.4.28-rc4 was released as 2.4.28 with no changes.

Summary of changes from v2.4.28-rc3 to v2.4.28-rc4

• [NET]: neigh_for_each must be EXPORT_SYMBOL’ed
• [AF_UNIX]: Serialize dgram read using semaphore just like stream
• [NET]: Export __neigh_for_each_release to modules
• [TG3]: Update driver version and relation
• binfmt_elf: handle p_filesz == 0 on PT_INTERP section
• [ACPI] fix NMI during poweroff
• Changed EXTRAVERSION to -rc4
• [TG3]: 5753 support and a bug fix
• [SCTP]: Fix inetaddr notifier chain corruption
• aic7xxx aic79xx_osm_pci.c compile fix with -Werror