Ksplice, Rebootless Linux Kernel Security Updates

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 25, 2008 9:10 PM EDT
KernelTrap		Mail this story
Print this story

"I've put together an automatic system for applying kernel security patches to the Linux kernel without rebooting it, and I wanted to share this system with the community in case others find it useful or interesting," said Jeff Arnold, announcing ksplice. He explained, "the system takes as input a kernel security patch (which can be a unified diff taken directly from Linus' GIT tree) and the source code corresponding to the running kernel, and it automatically creates a set of kernel modules to perform the update. The running kernel does not need to have been customized in advance in any way."

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Community, Kernel, Linux

« Return to the newswire homepage

Subject Topic Starter Replies Views Last Post
This looks useful. tracyanne 1 1,021 Apr 26, 2008 5:26 AM

You cannot post until you login.