Debian 9.5 Released With Security Fixes, Updated Intel Microcode For Spectre V2

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Debian 9.5 Released With Security Fixes, Updated Intel Microcode For Spectre V2

14 July 2018, 10:40 AM

Phoronix: Debian 9.5 Released With Security Fixes, Updated Intel Microcode For Spectre V2

Debian GNU/Linux 9.5 is out today as the latest stable update to the "Stretch" series...

Debian 9.5 Released With Security Fixes, Updated Intel Microcode For Spectre V2 - Phoronix

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16 July 2018, 10:54 PM

This update has been causing big problems for a lot of people, myself included.

#903821 - xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64: Kernel Panic after upgrading to stretch 9.5 (linux-image-4.9.0-7-amd64) - Debian Bug report logs

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=903821

At least there's now (as of last night) a work-around by way of modifying the kernel boot arguments, but that's not great.
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