Can't you clone the disk to another machine, then test the stretch kernel and then run hybrid for a while?
The kernel is just the intermediate between the hardware and userspace, shoulnd not cause too much trouble, if not you can always test it that way. On 01/08/2018 04:36 PM, francis picabia wrote: > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Don Armstrong <d...@debian.org > <mailto:d...@debian.org>> wrote: > > On Thu, 04 Jan 2018, francis picabia wrote: > > Redhat, Ubuntu and others have kernel updates available today > for this > > kernel patch that has been worked on since November. Normally Debian > > has been quick out of the gate with security measures. > > > > Is there an ETA when Debian will update kernel packages? > > The DSA has been (will be shortly?) released for stable. Unstable, > testing, and likely oldstable will probably follow soon. > https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4078-1 > <https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4078-1> > > > > Thanks for the response. I'm looking now and I see stretch and wheezy are > addressed, but not jessie. Odd. Why would old-stable be a challenge? > > I'm concerned because we run a system for students to do programming, > and there > is typically one in the crowd who will try out any script kiddies in > the news. For > the time being I've blocked access to the system, but faculty expect it > will be available for use in a week or so. I have the option to install > the stretch kernel and run in a hybrid version for awhile, but I'm not > sure > if there will be problems with that workaround. > >
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