The GNU C Library (glibc) 2.23 is now available for download. This release fixes several bugs, including security issues CVE-2015-7547, CVE-2014-9761, CVE-2015-8776, CVE-2015-8777, CVE-2015-8778 and CVE-2015-8779. For a complete list of features and fixes, please read Adhemerval Zanella’s e-mail in libc-alpha.
On the Power side, glibc-2.23 includes the TLS ABI change to enable __builtin_cpu_is () / __builtin_cpu_supports () in gcc, and also the POWER9 processor base enablement.