Useful information there. I have just followed the advice and updated the
kernel to the one with the fix.
On 1 August 2018 at 17:21, Michael Stevens <mstevens@???> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 08:19:19PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 08:39:51PM +0100, Michael Stevens wrote:
> > > Am I right in thinking this is a risk for those of us who are foolishly
> > > up to date with our debian, as I don't think the fixed kernel package
> > > has released yet?
> >
> > As that particular bug is not a security bug and there is a
> > workaround I don't think Debian are intending to push out an updated
> > package until the next sable point release, which I think is going
> > to be some time in September.
> >
> > If you are currently running Debian stable (stretch) 64-bit and you
> > have upgraded your kernel to the latest package then you could do
> > one of the following:
> >
> > - Add "pti=off" to your kernel command line. Normally accomplished
> > by adding it to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= line in
> > /etc/default/grub and then run update-grub.
> >
> > - Grab an updated kernel package (4.9.110-3) from proposed-updates,
> > either by properly adding the proposed-updates repository as
> > described at <https://wiki.debian.org/StableProposedUpdates>, or
> > just installing the particular .deb which is
> > <http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux/
> linux-image-4.9.0-7-amd64_4.9.110-3_amd64.deb>
> >
> > Also, if you have opted to have your VPS suspended and restored then
> > it won't actually be rebooted. Although it would obviously be best
> > to have your VPS always be in a bootable state.
> >
> > If you are not running Debian stable, or are running 32-bit, you are
> > not affected by this bug.
>
> Thanks for the info. I should be okay as I'm still 32bit.
>
> Michael
>
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