Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 4078-1] linux security update

[Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

Frank Nord <frank.nord@mailbox.org> schrieb:
> Peaking at ubuntu:
> https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3522-3/
> "USN-3522-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel to address
> Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754). Unfortunately, that update introduced
> a regression where a few systems failed to boot successfully. This
> update fixes the problem."
>
> Do you know, if the regression mentioned in
> USN-3522-3 exists in stretch's deb9u2 as of today?

No, the Ubuntu 4.4 regression was an Ubuntu-specific broken hunk
in the backported patch sets, it's unrelated to what you're seeing
in stretch.

Cheers,
        Moritz