2018-01-24 13:52 GMT+01:00 Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org>: > On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 13:43 +0100, Julien Aubin wrote: > > Package: linux-image-4.9.0-5-amd64 > > Version: 4.9.65-3+deb9u2 > > Severity: serious > > Tags: security > > Justification: root security hole > > > > Hi, > > > > Now that kernel release 4.9.77 has been released and contains the full > > retpoline fixes, could you please bring it to stretch before the next > p-u ? > > Hi, > > work on 4.9.77 is mostly done, so yes I'd like to push it to stretch before > next point relase. 4.9.78 is just out but I'm unsure if we want to hold it > or > not. > > > > I know this situation is quite exceptionnal, but all the Spectre story > is. > > I'm not sure backporting only the required changes for retpoline would be > > that easy. > > That beeing said, retpoline support in the kernel is not enough. It also > needs > gcc fixes, which are not yet available, as far as I can tell. So while we > can > push an updated kernel to stretch, spectre won't be mitigated. >
I know it... :'( But as you rebuild the kernel image the updated compiler may come a bit later w/o needing another kernel update ? Anyway if you want someone to test the updates please push the updated packages to stretch-p-u and I'll tell you if it works on my four boxes which are : - An Intel Core i7 4790 w/ NVidia blob 384.111 - An AMD Phenom 9850 w/ NVidia blob 384.111 - An Intel Core i7 4800MQ laptop - An Intel NUC Atom Apollo Lake Rgds, > > Regards, > -- > Yves-Alexis
