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04-03-2018, 03:39 PM
#661
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Registered: May 2008
Posts: 6,918
For those that follow the kernel via linux-stable.git: the 4.16.y branch is now available.
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04-08-2018, 05:54 AM
#662
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Registered: Dec 2009
Posts: 358
Rep:
New kernels 4.9.93, 4.4.127 and 3.18.103 are out at
www.kernel.org
1 members found this post helpful.
04-08-2018, 07:40 AM
#663
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Registered: Feb 2007
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,167
Original Poster
Last edited by cwizardone; 04-08-2018 at 07:47 AM .
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04-08-2018, 08:29 AM
#664
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Registered: Jul 2005
Location: Round Rock, TX
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0 + Multilib
Posts: 2,159
Oops. Dupe of aaazen's ( aka comet.berkeley's ) Post
Last edited by kjhambrick; 04-08-2018 at 08:36 AM .
04-10-2018, 08:51 AM
#665
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Registered: Feb 2007
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,167
Original Poster
04-12-2018, 08:20 AM
#666
Member
Registered: Dec 2009
Posts: 358
Rep:
New kernels 4.16.2, 4.15.17 and 4.14.34 are now available at
www.kernel.org
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04-13-2018, 03:44 PM
#667
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Registered: Dec 2009
Posts: 358
Rep:
Three new kernels are out: 4.9.94, 4.4.128 and 3.18.105
Here are the announcements on marc.info:
4.9.94 4.4.128 3.18.105
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04-15-2018, 09:16 PM
#668
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Registered: Feb 2007
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,167
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4.17-rc1
The first release candidate of the newest "mainline" development kernel, version 4.17, has been made available for testing.
The tarball,
https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-4.17-rc1.tar.gz
Mr. Torvalds' release announcement,
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/15/201
Last edited by cwizardone; 04-15-2018 at 09:21 PM .
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04-20-2018, 06:24 AM
#670
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Registered: Feb 2007
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,167
Original Poster
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04-21-2018, 03:17 PM
#671
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Registered: Feb 2007
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,167
Original Poster
FWIW, all is well while running the DUSK 4.16.3 kernel and the Nvidia 396.18 driver with the latest -current.
Last edited by cwizardone; 04-22-2018 at 11:03 AM .
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04-24-2018, 05:25 AM
#673
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Registered: Jul 2005
Location: Round Rock, TX
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0 + Multilib
Posts: 2,159
4.16.4, 4.14.36, 4.9.96, 4.4.129 and 3.18.106
All --
Kernels 4.16.4, 4.14.36, 4.9.96, 4.4.129 and 3.18.106 are now available.
Handy Links:
CVE References:
ChangeLog-4.16.4 references
CVE-2018-1092 ,
CVE-2018-1094 ,
CVE-2018-1095 and
CVE-2018-1108 .
ChangeLog-4.14.36 references
CVE-2018-1092 ,
CVE-2018-1094 ,
CVE-2018-1095 and
CVE-2018-1108 .
ChangeLog-4.9.96 references
CVE-2018-1092 and
CVE-2018-1108 .
ChangeLog-4.4.129 references
CVE-2018-1092 .
ChangeLog-3.18.106 references
CVE-2018-1092 .
Check for the Latest Updates at
www.kernel.org .
Have Fun All'Y'All !
-- kjh
4 members found this post helpful.
04-26-2018, 10:41 AM
#674
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Registered: Feb 2007
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,167
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Last edited by cwizardone; 04-26-2018 at 10:43 AM .
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04-29-2018, 06:54 AM
#675
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Registered: Jul 2005
Location: Round Rock, TX
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0 + Multilib
Posts: 2,159
4.4.130 and 3.18.107
All --
Kernels 4.4.130 and 3.18.107 are now available.
Handy Links:
No CVE References were found for 4.4.130 or 3.18.107, 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
4 members found this post helpful.
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