perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Jason Zurawski <>]

Greetings;

The new kernel (kernel-2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.aufs.web100) has been uploaded to 
our yum repo.  

Thanks;

-jason

On Mar 27, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Jason Zurawski 
<>
 wrote:

> Greetings;
> 
> A new Red Hat CVE was announced that is related to the Kernel in use on 
> CentOS 6/pSPT 3.3.x systems:
> 
>  https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0328.html
> 
> If you are a NetInstall user, a 'yum update' may give you a new non-web100 
> kernel and therefore break access to NDT/NPAD. Consult our FAQ for more 
> info: 
> 
>  http://psps.perfsonar.net/toolkit/FAQs.html#Q30
> 
> Our read of the CVE does not find any issue of concern specific to the 
> toolkit software.  There are vulnerabilities in via the system itself that 
> could lead to local users crashing the system, as well as a remote exploit 
> that could result in a DoS in rare situations.  As always, if you are in 
> doubt about the kernel review the CVE and upgrade to the latest version, 
> forgoing NDT/NPAD support for the time being.  
> 
> The project is in the process of building and testing a new kernel, and 
> will alert you via these mailing lists when we have the web100 patched 
> version available. We will try to have this ready as soon as possible, but 
> please allow us several days of building and testing.  
> 
> Thank you for your patience and commitment to this software;
> 
> -jason