[Techtalk] kernel security patches

[Devdas Bhagat]

On 16/03/04 11:08 -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:
> I'm so confused. :) And feeling like a bit of a dunce, after all these years 
> of using Linux. How do distributions handle applying kernel security patches? 
Distributions apply patches to kernel sources on their build boxes.
These patched kernels are then compiled and built into packages.
When you upgrade the package, you replace the previous kernels files on
disk by totally new binaries. This principle applies to any binary
patching system.

Devdas Bhagat