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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1349-1 linux-tools -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

16 Apr 2018

Affected Packages:

linux-tools

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 693667, Bug 696957, Bug 708994.

More information:

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).

This update also includes bug fixes from the upstream Linux 3.2 stable branch up to and including 3.2.101.

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