xen-system-amd64 version update

[Éliás Tamás]

Hi. Thank you for your reply.

I've sent today an other possible problem with this package to the list.
This new problem seemes to force me to comile my own version anyway, if
there is no chance for quick resolution.

2016-03-21 16:23 keltezéssel, Stefan Bader írta:
> 
>> From: *Éliás Tamás* <et at etit.hu <mailto:et at etit.hu>>
>> Date: Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 5:23 PM
>> Subject: xen-system-amd64 version update
>> To: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
>> <mailto:ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> May I request an update for the above package? I have installed several
>> 16.04 LTS server versions both used for virtualization, these systems
>> are planned to go into production soon, as soon as the LTS will be
>> stable. But.
>>
>> More then a month ago xen released 4.6.1 and they recently published
>> CVE-2016-3157 / XSA-171 a critical security update. The 16.04 version is
>> still 4.6.0.
> 
> Pre-release I would stick with 4.6.0 as that is the latest version in Debian.
> Once the release is out there is a chance to do minor release updates. The
> reasons for that are a bit complicated to explain but are due to packaging.
> 
> The current 4.6.0 version has all but the latest two security related patches
> applied. One of those (CVE-2016-3157 / XSA-171) is actually a guest kernel
> change. So it will come via a Linux kernel update, not from the Xen package.
> 
> -Stefan
> 
>>
>> Before I go into compiling my own version, I would be happier to keep a
>> clear way for updating the systems.
>>
>> Is it possible to request an update from you into the ubuntu system?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Éliás Tamás
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Éliás Tamás
Thomas Elias

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