xen 4.8.0-1 source package in Debian

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xen (4.8.0-1) unstable; urgency=high

  * Update to upstream Xen 4.8.0.
    Includes the following security fixes:
        XSA-201   CVE-2016-9815 CVE-2016-9816 CVE-2016-9817 CVE-2016-9818
        XSA-198   CVE-2016-9379 CVE-2016-9380
        XSA-196   CVE-2016-9378 CVE-2016-9377   Closes:#845669
        XSA-195   CVE-2016-9383
        XSA-194   CVE-2016-9384                 Closes:#845667
        XSA-193   CVE-2016-9385
        XSA-192   CVE-2016-9382
        XSA-191   CVE-2016-9386
    Includes other bugfixes too:
        Closes:#812166, Closes:#818525.

  Cherry picks from upstream:
  * Security fixes:
        XSA-204   CVE-2016-10013                 Closes:#848713
        XSA-203   CVE-2016-10025
        XSA-202   CVE-2016-10024
    For completeness, the following XSAs do not apply here:
        XSA-197   CVE-2016-9381      Bug is in qemu
        XSA-199   CVE-2016-9637      Bug is in qemu
        XSA-200   CVE-2016-9932      Xen 4.8 is not affected
  * Cherry pick a build failure fix:
      "x86/emul: add likely()/unlikely() to test harness"

  [ Ian Jackson ]
  * Drop -lcrypto search from upstream configure, and from our
    Build-Depends.  Closes:#844419.
  * Change my own email address to my work (Citrix) address.  When
    uploading, I will swap hats to effectively sponsor my own upload.

  [ Ian Campbell ]
  * Start a qemu process in dom0 to service the toolstacks loopback disk
    attaches. (Closes: #770456)
  * Remove correct pidfile when stopping xenconsoled.
  * Check that xenstored has actually started before talking to it.
    Incorporate a timeout so as not to block boot (Mitigates #737613)
  * Correct syntax error in xen-init-list when running with xend
    (Closes: #763102)
  * Apply SELinux labels to directories created by initscripts. Patch from
    Russell Coker. (Closes: #764912)
  * Include a reportbug control file to redirect bugs to src:xen for
    packages which contain the Xen version in the name.  Closes:#796370.

  [ Lubomir Host ]
  * Fix xen-init-name to not fail looking for a nonexistent 'config'
    entry in xl's JSON output.  Closes:#818129.

 -- Ian Jackson <email address hidden>  Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:51:46 +0000

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Uploaded by:
Debian Xen Team
Uploaded to:
Sid
Original maintainer:
Debian Xen Team
Architectures:
amd64 arm64 armhf i386 all
Section:
kernel
Urgency:
Very Urgent

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