I've pushed out a new Xen kernel, 2.6.18.8-domU-linode7, which contains the vmsplice local root exploit fix.

"Latest 2.6" points to this kernel, so as long as you have that selected in your configuration profile just a reboot is needed.

-Chris

thank you,I really needed this.

I'm a litte confused since the kernel version reported in the Dashboard is "Latest 2.6 Series (2.6.18.8-domU-linode7)" but the VM itself reports:

$ uname -r
2.6.23.8-domU-linode2

which isn't in the list of current kernels unless it has been superseded since it hasn't been rebooted in a while.

That said, in Dashboard -> Linode Configuration Profiles -> Create Linode Configuration Profile the only options available for Kernel are:

2.6.18-domU-linode4
2.6.18.8-domU-linode5
2.6.18.8-domU-linode7
Latest 2.6 Series (2.6.18.8-domU-linode7)
Recovery - Finnix (kernel)

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Didn't notice this with any of the old kernels, but on startup the console is getting spammed with:

modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.18.8-domU-linode7/modules.dep: No such file or directory

Probably not (Gentoo):

edison ~ # mkdir /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ -p
edison ~ # depmod -a
depmod: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented