topic Re: Dirty COW in i.MX Processors https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Dirty-COW/m-p/611393#M92296 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Q. Does NXP provide security updates?</P><P></P><P>A. No, we do not provide the general kernel-related security updates by ourselves.</P><P></P><P>Q. Would it work if I just patch the kernel like they did here?</P><P></P><P>A. I think Yes.</P><P><BR />Have a great day,<BR />Artur</P><P></P><P>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR />Note: If this post answers your question, please click the Correct Answer button. Thank you!<BR />-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:54:40 GMT art 2016-10-31T10:54:40Z Dirty COW https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Dirty-COW/m-p/611392#M92295 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi i.MX Community,</P><P></P><P>I noticed there was a BSP/Linux release from NXP on 2016-10-10, "L4.1.15_2.0.0", but the kernel fix for <A href="https://dirtycow.ninja/">Dirty COW</A> was committed on 2016-10-18.</P><P></P><P>I just started working on an SABRE board (IMX6Q-SDB) and I am new to NXP, board bring-up and Yocto. With that said, these are my questions:</P><UL><LI>Does NXP provide security updates?</LI><LI>I kind of have the feeling this is something I am going to have to patch myself somehow in Yocto but my searches haven't return anything meaningful on fixing dirty COW in Yocto.<UL><LI>Any guidance on this?</LI><LI>Would it work if I just patch the kernel like they did <A href="https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=19be0eaffa3ac7d8eb6784ad9bdbc7d67ed8e619">here</A>?</LI></UL></LI></UL><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P>-Andrey Reyes-</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:16:25 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Dirty-COW/m-p/611392#M92295 andreyreyes 2016-10-27T17:16:25Z Re: Dirty COW https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Dirty-COW/m-p/611393#M92296 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Q. Does NXP provide security updates?</P><P></P><P>A. No, we do not provide the general kernel-related security updates by ourselves.</P><P></P><P>Q. Would it work if I just patch the kernel like they did here?</P><P></P><P>A. I think Yes.</P><P><BR />Have a great day,<BR />Artur</P><P></P><P>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR />Note: If this post answers your question, please click the Correct Answer button. Thank you!<BR />-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:54:40 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Dirty-COW/m-p/611393#M92296 art 2016-10-31T10:54:40Z