Linux: Kernel 2.4.33.1 Released

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Aug 20, 2006 12:01 AM
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Willy Tarreau, the new maintainer of the Linux 2.4 kernel [story], released the 2.4.33.1 kernel. This is a security fix release for the 2.4.33 kernel. This is the first time a 2.4-series kernel is being released with 4 version fields. The fourth version field, introduced in the 2.6 kernel series, has now also been implemented for the 2.4 kernel.About this release, Willy says"As there were a few security fixes pending and 2.4.34-pre1 has not received enough validation, I've released 2.4.33.1 with the most important fixes.

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