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Bug#858122: Upgrade linux kernel to 4.9.15 in sid and stretch

From Julien Aubin <julien.aubin@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#858122: Upgrade linux kernel to 4.9.15 in sid and stretch
Date 2017-03-18 22:20 +0100
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OK I did this. Does it have a huge impact on the system except mitigating
the flaw ? (I don't think I have an HDLC hardware...)

2017-03-18 21:54 GMT+01:00 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>:

> On Sat, 2017-03-18 at 17:01 +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 ?
> [...]
>
> Note that we already documented a mitigation for this in the DSA.
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> Editing code like this is akin to sticking plasters on the bleeding
> stump
> of a severed limb. - me, 29 June 1999
>
>

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Bug#858122: Upgrade linux kernel to 4.9.15 in sid and stretch Julien Aubin <julien.aubin@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 17:10 +0100
  Bug#858122: Upgrade linux kernel to 4.9.15 in sid and stretch Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2017-03-18 17:20 +0100
  Bug#858122: Upgrade linux kernel to 4.9.15 in sid and stretch Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-03-18 22:00 +0100
    Bug#858122: Upgrade linux kernel to 4.9.15 in sid and stretch Julien Aubin <julien.aubin@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 22:20 +0100
      Bug#858122: Upgrade linux kernel to 4.9.15 in sid and stretch Julien Aubin <julien.aubin@gmail.com> - 2017-03-19 10:50 +0100
  Bug#858122: closed by Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> (Bug#858122: fixed in linux 4.9.16-1) Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2017-04-06 07:10 +0200

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