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Updated xen packages has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 9 to provide mitigations for the lazy FPU vulnerability affecting a range of Intel CPUs



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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4232-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
June 20, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : xen
CVE ID : CVE-2018-3665

This update provides mitigations for the "lazy FPU" vulnerability
affecting a range of Intel CPUs, which could result in leaking CPU
register states belonging to another vCPU previously scheduled on the
same CPU. For additional information please refer to
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-267.html

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.

For the detailed security status of xen please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/xen

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

  Xen Security Update for Debian 9