Slackware 12.1 is released as -stable. Again, huge thanks to everybody
who pitched in and helped with bug reports, patches, testing, suggestions,
other comments, and everything else. Without this valuable input, Slackware
would be nowhere near what it is today. Special thanks to the CREW, to the
people developing and testing for slackbuilds.org (where many of Slackware's
future additions are first built and tested), and to everyone on
linuxquestions.org, various #slackware or ##slackware IRC channels, other
Slackware related web sites, and other places where the community shares their
needs and concerns with the team. On behalf of everyone here, thanks.
We think you'll enjoy this new release, and hope that you'll find it to be
much more than 0.1 better than Slackware 12.0.
Have fun! -P.
extra/slackpkg/slackpkg-2.70.3-noarch-2.tgz: Updated the version in the
slackpkg script from 2.70.2 to 2.70.3.

12.1 RC4. We think this should be the last one.

• a/kernel-generic-2.6.24.5-i486-2.tgz
  fs/dnotify.c. The use of dnotify (largely replaced by inotify on 2.6.x
  systems) could lead to a local DoS, or possibly a local root hole. We said
  we wouldn't make changes now unless something was “critical” – and it seems
  we got what we wished for. This flaw will also be addressed in the
  kernels for previous releases as soon as possible. The patch itself may be
  found in source/k/linux-2.6.24.5-CVE-2008-1375-patch/.
  For additional information (when the CVE candidate is opened), see:
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1375
  All the kernel packages below should also be considered security fixes.
  (* Security fix *)

• a/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.24.5_smp-i686-2.tgz
• a/kernel-huge-2.6.24.5-i486-2.tgz
• a/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.24.5_smp-i686-2.tgz
• a/kernel-modules-2.6.24.5-i486-2.tgz
• a/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.24.5_smp-i686-2.tgz
• kernels/huge.s/*
• kernels/hugesmp.s/*
• kernels/speakup.s/*

• d/kernel-headers-2.6.24.5_smp-x86-2.tgz

• k/kernel-source-2.6.24.5_smp-noarch-2.tgz
  for comparison and/or reverting to patch up to a newer kernel later).
  l/svgalib_helper-1.9.25_2.6.24.5-i486-2.tgz: Recompiled.
  extra/linux-2.6.24.5-nosmp-sdk/: Updated SMP to no-SMP kernel source patch.

• extra/slackpkg/slackpkg-2.70.3-noarch-1.tgz
  slackpkg-2.70.3-noarch-1 (release ready). Thanks to Piter Punk! -:)

• isolinux/initrd.img

• usb-and-pxe-installers/
  kernel modules.