The Latest Kernel Release.

cwizardone · 06-07-2020, 07:39 PM

5.7.1 is installed and running perfectly (that's the short version

).

Well, I dug around in my rather tall stack of notes and, near the bottom, found a piece of paper that says it has been 9 years since I last compiled a kernel. Seems like just yesterday.

Did a fresh install from the latest AlienBob -current.iso while I was at it.
Every package I run on a regular basis works as it should. Ditto, all audio and video, including streaming.
Oh, and this is all with the nouveau driver, which surprised me.

ttk · 06-08-2020, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phenixia2003

The LTS kernel 5.4 support has been extended to 6 years.

Huzzah! This is fantastic news!

Perhaps we can expect other 6-year LTS kernels to be selected from time to time, in the future :-)

bassmadrigal · 06-08-2020, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ttk

Huzzah! This is fantastic news!

Perhaps we can expect other 6-year LTS kernels to be selected from time to time, in the future :-)

This makes all LTS kernels from 4.4 to the current 5.4 to have 6 years of support. I wonder if they're just going to announce 6 year support from the start or still wait several months to a year until announcing extended support?

cwizardone · 06-09-2020, 08:45 AM

"Google Engineer Uncovers Holes In Linux's Speculative Execution Mitigations"
Written by Michael Larabel on 9 June 2020 at 07:04 AM EDT.

Quote:

There are some urgent fixes pending for the x86/x86_64 speculative execution handling for the Linux kernel following a Google security engineer discovering these issues, including one of the fixes address a situation that unfairly impacted AMD CPUs.

Queued up this morning in x86/urgent are a number of fixes to the Linux kernel's speculative execution mitigations........

The full story can be found at, https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...020-Spec-Fixes

cwizardone · 06-09-2020, 01:26 PM

An update to the 3.16.y kernel series has been scheduled for release Thursday evening, 11 June 2020, at approximately 18:00, GMT.

The 3.16.85 update will have 61 patches.

Mr. Hutchings' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/03098.html

cwizardone · 06-09-2020, 01:36 PM

Year 2020, Round 37

Another batch of kernel updates has been scheduled for release on Thursday, 11 June 2020, at approximately 18:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Wednesday (depending on your time zone).

There will be 24 patches in the 5.7.2 update, 41 in 5.6.18, 34 in 5.4.46, 25 in 4.19.128, 46 in 4.14.184, 42 in 4.9.227 and, finally, 36 patches in the 4.4.227 update.

The details:

5.7.2-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/03004.html

5.6.18-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/03058.html

5.4.46-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/02973.html

4.19.128-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/03168.html

4.14.184-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/03181.html

4.9.227-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/02924.html

4.4.227-rc1, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/02899.html

cwizardone · 06-09-2020, 02:31 PM

A second batch of release candidates has been made available for testing.

4.19.128-rc2, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/03302.html

4.14.184-rc2, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/03301.html

4.9.227-rc2, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/03300.html

4.4.227-rc2, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/03299.html

cwizardone · 06-10-2020, 01:42 PM

Kernel updates 5.7.2, 5.6.18 and 5.4.46 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.7.2

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.6.18

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.46

cwizardone · 06-10-2020, 03:01 PM

Kernel update 4.19.128 is now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.19.128

cwizardone · 06-11-2020, 03:30 AM

Kernel updates 4.14.184, 4.9.227 and 4.4.227 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.184

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.227

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.227

cwizardone · 06-11-2020, 02:44 PM

Kernel update 3.16.85 is now available at https://www.kernel.org/

The change log, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-3.16.85

Mr. Hutchings' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.1/05539.html

Quote:

Linux 3.16.85
From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Thu Jun 11 2020 - 14:35:24 EST

I'm announcing the release of the 3.16.85 kernel. This is probably
the last release in the 3.16 stable series, unless some critical fix
comes up later this month.

All users of the 3.16 kernel series should upgrade.

The updated 3.16.y git tree can be found at:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...nux-stable.git linux-3.16.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kern...nux-stable.git

The diff from 3.16.84 is attached to this message.

Ben.
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ttk · 06-13-2020, 01:46 PM

Wow, six years, to the very month! (but not week) That tells us what to expect for 4.4.x

cwizardone · 06-14-2020, 04:25 PM

5.8-rc1

Release Candidate 1, for the 5.8 "mainline" development kernel has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.8-rc1.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement,
https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.8-rc1.tar.gz

Quote:

So I didn't really expect this, but 5.8 looks to be one of our biggest
releases of all time................

The "news" story at the following link, outlines some of the features, changes and fixes to be found in the 5.8 kernel, https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...features&num=1

cwizardone · 06-15-2020, 09:48 AM

Here we go again.

Quote:

Another Attack Vector Uncovered For Bypassing Linux Lockdown Via ACPI Tables
Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Security on 15 June 2020 at 07:06 AM EDT.
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This weekend we reported on how injecting ACPI tables could lead to bypassing Linux's lockdown / UEFI Secure Boot protections and let attackers load unsigned kernel modules. That earlier issue was found on a patched version of the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel while now a similar attack vector has been discovered on the mainline Linux kernel..............

The full story can be read at, https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...-Bypass-ACPI-2

1337_powerslacker · 06-15-2020, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

Here we go again.

The full story can be read at, https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...-Bypass-ACPI-2

I applied the patch in the article's linked page to my current kernel, 5.4.46, and it is running just fine. Just thought I'd put that out there for anyone thinking of closing this particular security hole right now

Happy Slacking!