The Latest Kernel Release.

kjhambrick · 03-18-2018, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 55020

... but something's gone wrong: on the front page of kernel.org, and in its rss feed, there is only 3.18.100 at the moment

55020 --

Yes, it was odd.

I was guessing that maybe kernel.org was waiting for 4.14.28 and 4.15.11 to be released ?

Greg KH pushed 4.14.28-rc3 and 4.15.11-rc3 at the same time as 4.9.88, 4.4.122 and 3.18.100: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...stable-rc.git/

Anyhow, ChangeLogs and Source TarBalls are available as usual now.

Code:

longterm:  4.9.88         Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2018-03-18
longterm:  4.4.122        Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2018-03-18 ( Slackware-14.2 )
longterm:  3.18.100 [EOL] Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2018-03-18

CVE References:

ChangeLog-4.9.88 references CVE-2018-1000004.

ChangeLog-4.4.122 references CVE-2018-1000004.

ChangeLog-3.18.100 references CVE-2018-1000004.

HTH

-- kjh

cwizardone · 03-18-2018, 09:37 PM

Release Candidate 6, of the 4.16 "Mainline" Development Kernel is now available for testing.

https://www.kernel.org/

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-4.16-rc6.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...3.2/02067.html

kjhambrick · 03-19-2018, 05:07 AM

All --

Kernels 4.15.11 and 4.14.28 are now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

stable:    4.15.11  Source ChangeLog 2018-03-19
longterm:  4.14.28  Source ChangeLog 2018-03-19 ( Slackware-current )

No CVE References were found for 4.16-rc6, 4.15.11 or 4.14.28, but 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 · 03-20-2018, 10:18 AM

Updates for long term kernels 3.16.56 and 3.2.101 are now available at https://www.kernel.org/.

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-3.16.56

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-3.2.101

The following was included in both change logs,

Quote:

kvm: vmx: Scrub hardware GPRs at VM-exit

commit 0cb5b30698fdc8f6b4646012e3acb4ddce430788 upstream.

Guest GPR values are live in the hardware GPRs at VM-exit. Do not
leave any guest values in hardware GPRs after the guest GPR values are
saved to the vcpu_vmx structure.

This is a partial mitigation for CVE 2017-5715 and CVE 2017-5753.
Specifically, it defeats the Project Zero PoC for CVE 2017-5715.

cwizardone · 03-21-2018, 11:26 AM

Kernels updates 4.15.12 and 4.14.29 are now available at https://www.kernel.org/.

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.15.12

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.14.29

A quick search did not find any CVE references in either change log.

kjhambrick · 03-22-2018, 05:12 AM

All --

Kernels 4.9.89, 4.4.123 and 3.18.101 are now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

longterm:  4.9.89         Source ChangeLog 2018-03-22
longterm:  4.4.123        Source ChangeLog 2018-03-22 ( Slackware-14.2 )
longterm:  3.18.101 [EOL] Source ChangeLog 2018-03-22

No CVE References were found for 4.9.89, 4.4.123 or 3.18.101, but 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

kjhambrick · 03-25-2018, 04:30 AM

All --

Kernels 4.15.13, 4.14.30, 4.9.90, 4.4.124 and 3.18.102 are now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

stable:    4.15.13        Source ChangeLog 2018-03-24
longterm:  4.14.30        Source ChangeLog 2018-03-24 ( Slackware-current )
longterm:  4.9.90         Source ChangeLog 2018-03-24
longterm:  4.4.124        Source ChangeLog 2018-03-24 ( Slackware-14.2 )
longterm:  3.18.102 [EOL] Source ChangeLog 2018-03-24

No CVE References were found for 4.15.13, 4.14.30, 4.9.90, 4.4.124 or 3.18.102, but 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

Lysander666 · 03-25-2018, 05:51 AM

Slackware packages are still at 4.4.118 for 32bit.

https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackw...ches/packages/

What criteria do they look for to update the kernel packages on the main site?

willysr · 03-25-2018, 06:19 AM

if it contains a serious regression or security vulnerabilities.
Otherwise, people can just build their own kernel using the config and SlackBuild source provided.

It doesn't make sense to force people to restart the server every week to follow stable kernel releases

kjhambrick · 03-25-2018, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lysander666

Slackware packages are still at 4.4.118 for 32bit.

https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackw...ches/packages/

What criteria do they look for to update the kernel packages on the main site?

Good Q, Lysander666

I am not sure any more.

Maybe one of the Slackware Team members will chime in here ?

My $0.02: In the olden days, before all the Spectre / Meltdown ruckus, the team would release a Kernel Update only when serious security issues in the official Slackware Kernel were found and addressed in a newer Kernel.

For example, I ran 13.37 on my previous Laptop from 2011 until 2016 and I only recall one Upgrade for the 2.6.y Kernel in all those years.

These days, I am not quite sure, but I do trust Pat and the team to let one rip when we need it

And I am not in the habit of recommending third-party binary Packages ...

But I trust 55020 so here goes ...

If you want to try something newer and you don't want to build your own, there is the 'Dave's Unofficial Slackbuilt Kernels' ( dusk ) repo: https://dusk.idlemoor.tk/

HTH

-- kjh

EDIT: willysr posted a good answer much quicker than I posted my 'I dunno' answer

EDIT: This is a link to 55020's dusk project on github: https://gitlab.com/idlemoor/dusk. On trust: See https://gitlab.com/idlemoor/dusk#dav...kbuilt-kernels

cwizardone · 03-25-2018, 11:03 PM

Release Candidate 7, of the 4.16 "Mainline" Development Kernel is now available for testing.

https://www.kernel.org/

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-4.16-rc7.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...3.3/00580.html

cwizardone · 03-28-2018, 08:33 AM

It has been a whole 4 days since the last update so this was almost overdue. Ha, ha, ha......

Kernel update 4.1.51 is now available at https://www.kernel.org/.

The change log, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.1.51

aaazen · 03-28-2018, 02:38 PM

New kernels 4.15.14, 4,14.31, 4.9.91 and 4.4.125 are out today.

see www.kernel.org to download them.

aaazen · 03-31-2018, 12:09 PM

Four more new kernels: 4.15.15, 4.14.32, 4.9.92 and 4.4.126

As usual see www.kernel.org to download them.

cwizardone · 04-01-2018, 08:27 PM

The new 4.16 Stable Kernel is now available at https://www.kernel.org/.

The tarball, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ux-4.16.tar.xz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement,

https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/1/175

Quote:

From Linus Torvalds <>
Date Sun, 1 Apr 2018 15:01:21 -0700
Subject Linux 4.16

So the take from final week of the 4.16 release looks a lot like rc7, in that about half of it is networking. If it wasn't for that, it would all be very small and calm.

We had a number of fixes and cleanups elsewhere, but none of it made me go "uhhuh, better let this soak for another week". And davem didn't think the networking was a reason to delay the release, so I'm not.

End result: 4.16 is out, and the merge window for 4.17 is open and I'll start doing pull requests tomorrow.

Outside of networking, most of the last week was various arch fixlets (powerpc, arm, x86, arm64), some driver fixes (mainly scsi and rdma) and misc other noise (documentation, vm, perf).

The appended shortlog gives an overview of the details (again, this is only the small stuff in the last week, if you want the full 4.16 changelog you'd better get the git tree and filter by your area of interest).

Linus