The Latest Kernel Release.

cwizardone · 10-14-2017, 09:46 AM

The latest Stable Kernel update, 4.13.7, is now available at, https://www.kernel.org/.

The change log, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.13.7

Only two changes this time around,

Quote:

commit e9dde66df5f719b063aaea8acf073cbfc6952821
Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Sat Oct 14 15:38:17 2017 +0200

Linux 4.13.7

commit 3da54587cf4c1be7c26a8ae0b58313828b69638a
Author: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Date: Mon Oct 9 11:36:52 2017 -0700

waitid(): Add missing access_ok() checks

commit 96ca579a1ecc943b75beba58bebb0356f6cc4b51 upstream.

Adds missing access_ok() checks.

CVE-2017-5123

Reported-by: Chris Salls <chrissalls5@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Fixes: 4c48abe91be0 ("waitid(): switch copyout of siginfo to unsafe_put_user()")
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

commit ff04be02de1b371689260ab2e217a93b57ea4364
Author: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Date: Sat Sep 9 17:41:24 2017 +0200

watchdog: Revert "iTCO_wdt: all versions count down twice"

commit fc61e83a29308601e6e8a0759e24fc8fe2122692 upstream.

This reverts commit 1fccb73011ea8a5fa0c6d357c33fa29c695139ea.
Reported as Bug 196509 - iTCO_wdt regression reboot before timeout expire

Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Cc: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

The source, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...-4.13.7.tar.xz

cwizardone · 10-15-2017, 08:59 PM

Release candidate 5 for the 4.14 development kernel is now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-4.14-rc5.tar.gz

kjhambrick · 10-17-2017, 04:34 AM

All --

Kernel 4.1.45 is now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

longterm:  4.1.45   Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2017-10-16

ChangeLog-4.1.45 references CVE-2017-11600.

Check for the Latest Updates at www.kernel.org.

Have Fun All'Y'All !

-- kjh

kjhambrick · 10-18-2017, 02:39 AM

All --

Kernels 4.13.8, 4.9.57, 4.4.93 and 3.18.76 are now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

stable:    4.13.8        Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2017-10-18
longterm:  4.9.57        Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2017-10-18 ( Slackware-current )
longterm:  4.4.93        Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2017-10-18 ( Slackware-14.2 )
longterm:  3.18.76 [EOL] Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2017-10-18

CVE References:

ChangeLog-4.13.8 references CVE-2017-12188 and CVE-2017-15265.

ChangeLog-4.9.57 references CVE-2017-12188 and CVE-2017-15265.

ChangeLog-4.4.93 references CVE-2017-0786 and CVE-2017-15265.

ChangeLog-3.18.76 references CVE-2017-15265.

Check for the Latest Updates at www.kernel.org.

Have Fun All'Y'All !

-- kjh

cwizardone · 10-21-2017, 05:42 PM

Kernel updates 4.9.58, 4.4.94, 3.18.77 [EOL] and 4.13.9, are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/.

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.9.58

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.4.94

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-3.18.77

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.13.9

aaazen · 10-23-2017, 06:24 AM

Linux 4.14-rc6 is out:

https://www.kernel.org/

Here is what Linus had to say:

https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150875660126094&w=2

kjhambrick · 10-27-2017, 04:26 AM

All --

Kernels 4.13.10, 4.9.59, 4.4.95 and 3.18.78 are now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

stable:    4.13.10       Source ChangeLog 2017-10-27
longterm:  4.9.59        Source ChangeLog 2017-10-27 ( Slackware-current )
longterm:  4.4.95        Source ChangeLog 2017-10-27 ( Slackware-14.2 )
longterm:  3.18.78 [EOL] Source ChangeLog 2017-10-27

No CVE References were found for 4.13.10, 4.9.59, 4.4.95 or 3.18.78

As always, do check the ChangeLogs for other security-related fixes.

Check for the Latest Updates at www.kernel.org.

Have Fun All'Y'All !

-- kjh

cwizardone · 10-28-2017, 04:03 AM

Those with newer hardware will find this round of patches fixed the,

Quote:

rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix connection lost....

problem.

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.9.59

cwizardone · 10-29-2017, 05:24 PM

Release candidate 7 for the 4.14 development kernel is now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-4.14-rc7.tar.gz

cwizardone · 11-02-2017, 04:01 AM

Kernel updates 4.13.11, 4.9.60, 4.4.96 and 3.18.79 [EOL] are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/.

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.13.11

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.9.60

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.4.96

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-3.18.79

AlleyTrotter · 11-02-2017, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

Kernel updates 4.13.11, ........ are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/.

Using it now
John

kjhambrick · 11-05-2017, 08:38 AM

All --

Kernel 3.10.108 is now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

longterm:  3.10.108 [EOL] Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2017-11-04 ( Slackware-14.1 )

CVE References:

ChangeLog-3.10.108 references CVE-2017-1000365, CVE-2017-11600, CVE-2017-12153, CVE-2017-15265 and CVE-2017-7482.

Check for the Latest Updates at www.kernel.org.

Have Fun All'Y'All !

-- kjh

cwizardone · 11-05-2017, 04:42 PM

Release candidate 8 for the 4.14 development kernel is now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The tar ball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-4.14-rc8.tar.gz

kjhambrick · 11-06-2017, 03:04 AM

All --

Willy Tarreau has posted an interesting look-back on his experiences maintaining the 3.10 LTS Kernel:

Look back to an end-of-life LTS kernel : 3.10

-- kjh

Didier Spaier · 11-06-2017, 04:17 AM

Thanks for posting, Konrad! A must read for serious end users and distribution maintainers.