Elsewhere... in the realm of grown-up computing...
"Meanwhile, as one major Linux kernel hole is fixed, another was discovered, patched and publicized."
"Users and administrators should patch their Linux systems as soon as an update for their distro becomes available, if they haven't already done so. A fix for the flaw was not included in this month's Android update. ®"
FTFY 0:-)
All my systems patched themselves for this two days ago. Before those cynical, biased bastards at El Reg had even noticed anything was happening. I dare say all the other top-tier distros are similarly fully patched too.
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-8655.html
Biting the hand that feeds IT
