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Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA?

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Can't you clone the disk to another machine, then test the stretch
kernel and then run hybrid for a while?

The kernel is just the intermediate between the hardware and userspace,
shoulnd not cause too much trouble, if not you can always test it that way.


On 01/08/2018 04:36 PM, francis picabia wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Don Armstrong <don@debian.org
> <mailto:don@debian.org>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, 04 Jan 2018, francis picabia wrote:
>     > Redhat, Ubuntu and others have kernel updates available today
>     for this
>     > kernel patch that has been worked on since November. Normally Debian
>     > has been quick out of the gate with security measures.
>     >
>     > Is there an ETA when Debian will update kernel packages?
>
>     The DSA has been (will be shortly?) released for stable. Unstable,
>     testing, and likely oldstable will probably follow soon.
>     https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4078-1
>     <https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4078-1>
>
>
>
> Thanks for the response.  I'm looking now and I see stretch and wheezy are
> addressed, but not jessie.  Odd.  Why would old-stable be a challenge?
>
> I'm concerned because we run a system for students to do programming,
> and there
> is typically one in the crowd who will try out any script kiddies in
> the news.  For
> the time being I've blocked access to the system, but faculty expect it
> will be available for use in a week or so.  I have the option to install
> the stretch kernel and run in a hybrid version for awhile, but I'm not
> sure
> if there will be problems with that workaround.
>
>

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CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? francis picabia <fpicabia@gmail.com> - 2018-01-04 15:00 +0100
  Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2018-01-04 21:50 +0100
    Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? francis picabia <fpicabia@gmail.com> - 2018-01-08 16:40 +0100
      Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Jeroen Mathon <jeroenmathonmac@gmail.com> - 2018-01-08 17:20 +0100
      Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2018-01-08 18:10 +0100
        Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2018-01-08 18:40 +0100
      Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-01-08 22:30 +0100
        Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? francis picabia <fpicabia@gmail.com> - 2018-01-10 13:50 +0100
    Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-01-12 14:40 +0100
      Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-12 16:10 +0100
        Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Jack Dangler <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2018-01-12 17:00 +0100
          Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-01-12 17:00 +0100
        Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-01-12 22:10 +0100
          Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-01-12 22:20 +0100
            Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-01-12 22:20 +0100
          Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Nick <debuser@acrasis.net> - 2018-01-12 22:30 +0100
            Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-01-12 22:50 +0100
              Re: CVE-2017-5754 - XEN silent_disable? bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-13 02:10 +0100
                Re: CVE-2017-5754 - XEN silent_disable? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-01-13 08:30 +0100
                Re: CVE-2017-5754 - XEN silent_disable? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-01-13 10:50 +0100
                Re: CVE-2017-5754 - XEN silent_disable? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-01-13 12:30 +0100
              Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2018-01-13 09:10 +0100
                Re: CVE-2017-5754 - ETA? Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2018-01-13 09:50 +0100

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