kernel vuln status question – how can I be protected

Posted by BENCSATH Boldizsar on Dec 27

Dear kernel maintainers, specialists,

Regarding latest kernel vulns, like CVE-2016-8655, there were some
reports how and where ubuntu/debian/redhat distributions fixed the problem.

However, I could not find clear indications about fixes in plain vanilla
kernel sources. No indication on LTS, and of course nothing on the
others. O.K. there is a patch for the particular CVS+kernel version, but
it is rather not evident to people that they must not…

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