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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
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Subject: Bug#858122: Upgrade linux kernel to 4.9.15 in sid and stretch
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:20:01 +0100
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Hi

On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 05:01:56PM +0100, Julien Aubin wrote:
> Source: linux
> Severity: critical
> Tags: security
> Justification: root security hole
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Security issue CVE-2017-2636 (severity 7.8) has been disclosed and the fix
> has
> been provided for Jessie and Wheezy. The problem is that there's as of now
> no
> fix available for sid and stretch while things become more and more critical
> due to the severity of the issue.
> 
> Kernel 4.9.15 contains a fix for this. Could you please integrate it ASAP on
> Stretch ?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

yes this is already pending in git.

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/?h=sid&id=11d69f4069a047f1fa0dffa71762b54fdde4f08f

Regards,
Salvatore