
Linux 3.16 long-term stable maintainer Ben Hutchings issued the set of 131 patches set to make up this 3.16.59 point release. A majority of these Linux 3.16.59 patches are pertaining to L1TF/Foreshadow and the other Spectre vulnerabilities not already addressed by earlier 3.16 patches.
A complete list of the queued patches at this point can be found via the 3.16.59-rc1 announcement.
The Linux 3.16 kernel is the oldest long-term stable branch still being maintained and is expected to keep up with fixes at least through April 2020.
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