"PS: It appears 64-bit ARM Linux kernels will also get a set of KAISER patches,"
Why has no one asked the most critical question... do I need to patch my Pi?
Also, given the number of recent SNAFU's like this and Apple's login cock-up etc... I'd like to request a new +1 level of FAIL icon so that we can ring in 2018 with a new, appropriate level of numbnuttedness that the existing FAIL icon er... fails to encapsulate this new level.. Something like a double face palm icon?