The Latest Kernel Release.

GazL · 05-25-2018, 12:04 PM

That's the 3rd this week.

aaazen · 05-26-2018, 11:43 AM

Linux 4.4.133 is out now at www.kernel.org

Update: here is the release announcement: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152731823730695&w=2

cwizardone · 05-27-2018, 04:08 PM

4.17-rc7

The seventh 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-rc7.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...5.3/02743.html

Quote:

So this week wasn't as calm as the previous weeks have been, but despite that I suspect this is the last rc.

This week we had the whole "spectre v4" thing, and yes, the fallout from
that shows up as part of the patch and commit log. But it's not actually
dominant: the patch is pretty evenly one third arch updates, one third
networking updates, and one third "rest".

The arch updates are largely - although not exclusively - spectre v4.

The networking stuff is mostly network drivers, but there's some core
networking too.

And "the rest" is just that - misc drivers (rdma, gpu, other),
documentation, some vfs, vm, bpf, tooling..

The bulk of it is really pretty trivial one-liners, and nothing looks
particularly scary. Let's see how next week looks, but if nothing really
happens I suspect we can make do without an rc8.

Shortlog appended as usual. Go out and test.

Linus

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cwizardone · 05-29-2018, 10:27 AM

4.1.52

4.1.52, the latest update to the long-term kernel 4.1.xx series, is now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change log, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-4.1.52

The tarball, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...-4.1.52.tar.xz

kjhambrick · 05-30-2018, 06:18 AM

All --

Kernels 4.16.13, 4.14.46, 4.9.104, 4.4.134 and 3.18.111 are now available.

Handy Links:

Code:

stable:    4.16.13        Source ChangeLog       2018-05-30
longterm:  4.14.46        Source ChangeLog       2018-05-30 ( Slackware 14.2+current )
longterm:  4.9.104        Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2018-05-30
longterm:  4.4.134        Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2018-05-30 ( Slackware 14.2 )
longterm:  3.18.111 [EOL] Source ChangeLog [CVE] 2018-05-30

CVE References:

ChangeLog-4.9.104 references CVE-2018-6412.

ChangeLog-4.4.134 references CVE-2018-6412.

ChangeLog-3.18.111 references CVE-2018-6412.

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

Have Fun All'Y'All !

-- kjh

teoberi · 05-30-2018, 06:23 AM

A few hours ago it was 4.14.45 and now 4.14.46
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/30/101
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/30/258

kjhambrick · 05-30-2018, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teoberi

A few hours ago it was 4.14.45 and now 4.14.46
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/30/101
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/30/258

Hmmm ... I wonder if I posted the links to 4.16.13, 4.9.104, 4.4.134 and 3.18.111 too hastily ?

-- kjh

GazL · 05-30-2018, 07:02 AM

I think we're ok. I can't see any sign of a "4.16.14-stable review" post yet. Maybe it was just an issue with the older branches.

FWIW, I just built 4.16.13 without issue.

cwizardone · 05-30-2018, 10:56 AM

A few days ago after installing the 4.16.12 kernel I started receiving messages from Netflix that, "New device signed into your account." That has never happened in all the years I've been using Netflix.
So, I went into the Netflix account and looked at the activity log. It appears that when using the 4.14.xx series Netflix only logs my IP address, but when using the 4.16.xx series it logs a 26 digit address that looks like it might be a MAC address, but I'm not sure. Each time I've installed a new version of the 4.16.xx series the last 16 digits of the 28 digit number (alpha/numeric) changes.
All seems a little spooky to me.
As they say, "Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you."

cwizardone · 05-30-2018, 05:48 PM

This has to be a record for the largest number of kernel updates in the shortest period of time.

We are now up to 4.14.47, 4.9.105, 4.4.135 and 4.18.112 [EOL].

Change logs:

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.14.47

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.105

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.135

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-3.18.112

All at, https://www.kernel.org/

ttk · 05-30-2018, 06:32 PM

Looks like CVE-2018-6412 is specific to sbus devices (like on a SPARCstation).

cwizardone · 05-31-2018, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

A few days ago after installing the 4.16.12 kernel I started receiving messages from Netflix that, "New device signed into your account." That has never happened in all the years I've been using Netflix.
So, I went into the Netflix account and looked at the activity log. It appears that when using the 4.14.xx series Netflix only logs my IP address, but when using the 4.16.xx series it logs a 26 digit address that looks like it might be a MAC address, but I'm not sure. Each time I've installed a new version of the 4.16.xx series the last 16 digits of the 28 digit number (alpha/numeric) changes.
All seems a little spooky to me.
As they say, "Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you."

It is getting worst. Now it is happening with the 4.14.47 kernel. A few minutes after every sign-in I receive an e-mail warning me a new device has signed on to my account. I don't know if the problem is on Netflix side or if it has something to do with the recent kernel updates, but it does appear to be kernel related.

cwizardone · 05-31-2018, 02:16 PM

Well, it doesn't appear to be the kernel.
I dug around in my backup and found the 4.16.6 kernel, installed it and the problem remains. I delete an add-on in Firefox, Privacy Badger, but that didn't change anything.
At the moment I'm running 4.16.13 and the problem remains.
..............

cwizardone · 06-01-2018, 09:10 AM

3.2.102 [EOL]

Kernel update 3.2.102 was posted late yesterday, 31 May 2018, and has been designated, "End Of Life."

Change log, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-3.2.102

Tarball, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...3.2.102.tar.xz

cwizardone · 06-03-2018, 06:18 PM

4.17 Stable

The newest stable kernel, 4.17, has been released and the tarball can be downloaded at, https://www.kernel.org/

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.0/01332.html

Quote:

So this last week was pretty calm, even if the pattern of most of the
stuff coming in on a Friday made it feel less so as the weekend
approached.

And while I would have liked even less changes, I really didn't get
the feeling that another week would help the release in any way, so
here we are, with 4.17 released.

No, I didn't call it 5.0, even though all the git object count
numerology was in place for that. It will happen in the not _too_
distant future, and I'm told all the release scripts on kernel.org are
ready for it, but I didn't feel there was any real reason for it. I
suspect that around 4.20 - which is I run out of fingers and toes to
keep track of minor releases, and thus start getting mightily confused
- I'll switch over. That was what happened for 4.0, after all.

As for the actual changes since rc7 - the shortlog is appended - it's
mostly drivers, networking, perf tooling, and a set of nds32 fixes.
With some random other stuff thrown in. Again, the shortlog is
obviously only the last calm week, the overall changes since 4.16 are
much too big to list in that format.

The big 4.17 stuff was mentioned in the rc1 email when the merge
window closed, but I guess it's worth repeating how 4.17 is actually a
slightly smaller kernel than 4.16, thanks to the removal of a number
of effectively dead architectures (blackfin, cris, frv, m32r, metag,
mn10300, score, and tile). Obviously all the other changes are much
more important, but it's always nice to see spring cleaning like that.

And with this, the merge window for 4.18 is obviously open. I actually
have some travel the second week of the merge window, which is very
inconvenient for me, but I do hope that we'll get all the big stuff
merged the first week and it won't impact any release scheduling. But
we'll have to see.

Linus

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