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Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:51 pm
by Richard
Upgraded to the 4.19.13-x64 kernel via MX Test repo.
Aok since this evening though haven't done much. More news if it happens. Thanks.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:13 pm
by zorzi
Stevo wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:36 pm
We've updated 4.19.12 in the test repo to 4.19.13, keeping the same 4.19.0-1 ABI name, so it will be seen as an upgrade to all the 4.19 Debian-type kernels in our repo, including the stock one in MX 18.
Upgraded today. Nothing to mention for the moment.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:58 pm
by Stevo
We now have the latest backport from Sid, the 4.19.16 kernel, in the test repo, except this has the 4.19.0-2 ABI, so won't be an automatic upgrade to the MX 18 kernel.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 7:13 pm
by Stevo
The test repo version has been updated to the latest 4.19.20 from Sid, which has the 4.19.0-3 ABI version.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 4:30 pm
by Stevo
We now have the latest 4.19.0-5 (4.19.37) kernel, backported from Sid, in the test repo. Perhaps this update will be the default kernel in a proposed MX 18.3 point release, but we need testers besides me!
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 4:59 pm
by fehlix
Stevo wrote: Sat May 11, 2019 4:30 pm
We now have the latest 4.19.0-5 (4.19.37) kernel, backported from Sid, in the test repo. Perhaps this update will be the default kernel in a proposed MX 18.3 point release, but we need testers besides me!
Installs and runs fine here

Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 5:10 pm
by oops
Stevo wrote: Sat May 11, 2019 4:30 pm
We now have the latest 4.19.0-5 (4.19.37) kernel, backported from Sid, in the test repo. Perhaps this update will be the default kernel in a proposed MX 18.3 point release, but we need testers besides me!
FI: I am going to try it (and install: linux-headers-4.19.0-5-common ... &. ... linux-image-4.19.0-5-amd64-unsigned ) ... my feedback will come after the test ...
EDIT:For the feedback, see here:
viewtopic.php?f=77&p=501767#p501767
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 7:52 pm
by Stevo
Building yesterday's update to the 4.19.37-2 kernel in Sid, since they added a load of security mitigations:
Code: Select all
* debian/bin: Fix Python static checker regressions (Closes: #928618)
* Clean up speculation mitigations:
- Documentation/l1tf: Fix small spelling typo
- x86/cpu: Sanitize FAM6_ATOM naming
- kvm: x86: Report STIBP on GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID
- x86/msr-index: Cleanup bit defines
- x86/speculation: Consolidate CPU whitelists
- Documentation: Move L1TF to separate directory
- cpu/speculation: Add 'mitigations=' cmdline option
- x86/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option
- powerpc/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option
- s390/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option
- x86/speculation/mds: Add 'mitigations=' support for MDS
* [x86] Mitigate Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities
(CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091):
- x86/speculation/mds: Add basic bug infrastructure for MDS
- x86/speculation/mds: Add BUG_MSBDS_ONLY
- x86/kvm: Expose X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR to guests
- x86/speculation/mds: Add mds_clear_cpu_buffers()
- x86/speculation/mds: Clear CPU buffers on exit to user
- x86/kvm/vmx: Add MDS protection when L1D Flush is not active
- x86/speculation/mds: Conditionally clear CPU buffers on idle entry
- x86/speculation/mds: Add mitigation control for MDS
- x86/speculation/mds: Add sysfs reporting for MDS
- x86/speculation/mds: Add mitigation mode VMWERV
- Documentation: Add MDS vulnerability documentation
- x86/speculation/mds: Add mds=full,nosmt cmdline option
- x86/speculation: Move arch_smt_update() call to after mitigation decisions
- x86/speculation/mds: Add SMT warning message
- x86/speculation/mds: Fix comment
- x86/speculation/mds: Print SMT vulnerable on MSBDS with mitigations off
- x86/mds: Add MDSUM variant to the MDS documentation
- Documentation: Correct the possible MDS sysfs values
- x86/speculation/mds: Fix documentation typo
* [x86] linux-cpupower: Update CPPFLAGS for change in <asm/msr-index.h>
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:12 am
by zorzi
Hello,
I'm switching from Debian 4.9 to MX 4.19 kernel
I'm not able to install MX kernel metapackages (linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-amd64) from test repo, getting an error (see image below):
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Backported Debian Kernel Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:06 pm
by Stevo
Added the Netflix security patches to address the security issues they found:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... y-netflix/
Updates should appear automatically. The main kernel ABI version remains at 4.19.0-5, though.