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Re:Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now by azinman2 on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @08:08PM (#9542792)
Any word on affected Ubuntu distros and if/when they're going to patch?
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Re:Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now by kasabali on Thursday May 14, 2015 @06:05AM (#9544214)
Trusty [1] and Utopic[2] already have the fix. Vivid should be unaffected since it uses 3.19 anyway.

[1] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-trusty.git/log/?q...

[2] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-utopic.git/commit...

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Re:Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now by scott_karana on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @08:13PM (#9542804)
Based on the Linux kernel range of 3.14 to 3.18 inclusive, and this[1] list of Ubuntu kernel versions, I believe only 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) would even be affected.

1 http://askubuntu.com/questions/517136/list-of-ubuntu-version...

EDIT: Turns out 14.04.02 LTS can also optionally use 3.16: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/02/ubuntu-14-04-2-lts-releas...

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Re:Linux futex_wait() bug – update to latest patches now by buster on Thursday May 14, 2015 @06:42AM (#9544296)
You can find this bug backported to many 2.6.x kernels, so don't rely on the 3.14 version number.. See my other comment regarding Ubuntu and RHEL https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9544272

But i didn't check if there are updated kernels for those versions in Ubuntu.. Atleast for RHEL5.11 it looks to me that the -404 kernel is the latest...

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