Slackwarearm-14.2 ChangeLog (2018-02-20)
Tue Feb 20 08:08:08 UTC 2018
Please note that the 'gcc-gnat' package has not been upgraded. This is because
it seems to build for a target host >armv5, despite being configured otherwise.
I've spent a while looking in to it, but haven't been able to resolve it yet.
However, the previous gcc-5.3.1 gnat didn't work on armv5 either for the same
reason. If anybody feels like looking at it, please ask on the LQ forum and I
can give you what I have found so far.
The GCC update does not contain any patches to mitigate any Spectre variants on
ARM. I have not seen any ARM patches materialise yet, but I'll keep an eye out
for those.
Packages
Upgraded
- patches/packages/irssi-1.0.7-arm-1_slack14.2.txz
This update fixes bugs and security issues.
For more information, see:
https://irssi.org/security/html/irssi_sa_2018_02
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7054
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7053
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7050
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7052
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7051
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/linux-4.4.116/kernel_armv7-4.4.116-arm-1_slack14.2.txz
Please note that this kernel was compiled with gcc-5.5.0, also provided as
an update for Slackware 14.2. You'll need to install the updated gcc in order
to compile kernel modules that will load into this updated kernel.
Giuseppe Di Terlizzi