[kernel-sec-discuss] r1746 - dsa-texts

[Michael Gilbert]

Author: gilbert-guest
Date: 2010-02-23 01:03:44 +0000 (Tue, 23 Feb 2010)
New Revision: 1746

Modified:
   dsa-texts/2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch2
Log:
new note sort of conflicts with the existing boilerplate; remove that and mention final release of 2.6.24 in new note

Modified: dsa-texts/2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch2
===================================================================
--- dsa-texts/2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch2	2010-02-23 00:57:47 UTC (rev 1745)
+++ dsa-texts/2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch2	2010-02-23 01:03:44 UTC (rev 1746)
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 update for the 2.6.18 kernel in the Debian release 'etch'.
 Although security support for 'etch' officially ended on
 Feburary 15th, 2010, this update was already in preparation
-before that date.
+before that date.  A final update that includes fixes for these
+issues in the 2.6.24 kernel is also in preparation and will be
+released shortly.
 
 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that
 may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common
@@ -94,15 +96,6 @@
 We recommend that you upgrade your linux-2.6, fai-kernels, and
 user-mode-linux packages.
 
-Note: Debian 'etch' includes linux kernel packages based upon both the
-2.6.18 and 2.6.24 linux releases.  All known security issues are
-carefully tracked against both packages and both packages will receive
-security updates until security support for Debian 'etch'
-concludes. However, given the high frequency at which low-severity
-security issues are discovered in the kernel and the resource
-requirements of doing an update, lower severity 2.6.18 and 2.6.24
-updates will typically release in a staggered or "leap-frog" fashion.
-
 The following matrix lists additional source packages that were rebuilt for
 compatability with or to take advantage of this update: