Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 23rd Sep 2008 20:36 UTC, submitted by AdamW
Linux I'm generally not very fond of reporting on security breaches or bugs, but OSNews reader and Mandriva employee Adam Williamson warned us of a pretty serious bug in pre-releases of the Linux kernel. "A major bug has been found in the e1000e module (which supports some Intel onboard ethernet adapters) in Linux kernel 2.6.27 pre-releases (up to and including 2.6.27rc7). It can cause the EEPROM of the adapter to become corrupted, rendering it non-functional. This may affect current pre-releases of distributions. Mandriva has posted a detailed notification about the issue, as has SUSE." So, watch out.
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RE[5]: Tidbits
by Ethyriel on Wed 24th Sep 2008 03:48 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Tidbits"
Ethyriel
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2005-07-07

Yeah, that's not working for me.

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RE[6]: Tidbits
by AdamW on Wed 24th Sep 2008 04:53 in reply to "RE[5]: Tidbits"
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2005-07-06

Ah. That's a pain. :\

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