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Debian 7 Wheezy: DLA-1349-1 Moderate: Linux-Tools Retpoline Mitigation

debian lts
Calendar Grey April 16, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Strengthen your system's defenses by refreshing linux-tools on Debian Wheezy, ensuring retpoline support against Spectre variant 2 vulnerabilities.
This update doesn't fix a vulnerability in linux-tools, but provides support for building Linux kernel modules with the "retpoline" mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2)
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security advisory moderate Debian kernel module Spectre linux-tools retpoline

Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
3.2.101-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux-tools packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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Ben Hutchings - Debian developer, member of kernel, installer and LTS teams


<pre><font face="Courier">Package: linux-tools
Version: 3.2.101-1
Debian Bug: 693667 696957 708994

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Debian kernel module Spectre linux-tools retpoline

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