New secure kernels to fix bluetooth exploit

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

A new set of secure kernels are now available in antiX buster repos.
Sid/testing and antiX-17 stretch versions are being built so users of those versions will have to wait a day or so.

Kernel versions: 4.4.240, 4.9.240, 4.19.152 and 5.8.16

All users are strongly advised to upgrade.

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[Moderator christophe]

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Thank you, anticapitalista, for always bringing us security upgrades. Much appreciated!

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[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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christophe wrote:

Thank you, anticapitalista, for always bringing us security upgrades. Much appreciated!

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Thanks for everything you do.
This great collaboration begins with your excellent work anticapitalista!

• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by Brian Masinick.

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[Member sybok]

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Thank you very much!

For some reason, I do not see the ‘*4.19*’ in the package list yet.
antix 19.2 stable, full, 64-bit; I did run ‘sudo apt[-get|itute] update’; the latest I see is ‘linux-image-4.19.143-‘.

Question: Will the “Announcement” panel at the main forum site be updated once the sid/testing versions are available?
I mean the Please read: *updated 07 May 2020* security-kernel-upgrades.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by sybok. Reason: Question expanded

[Member ex_Koo]

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Thanks anticapitalista
Updated this afternoon all is well.
Linux antix1 5.8.16-antix.1-amd64-smp #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Oct 18 23:20:07 EEST 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Member greyowl]

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I am running antiX 17 (32 bit).
I am having problems with the new 4.9.240. After installing it with Synaptic, it takes 125 seconds to go from login to my desktop. Kernel 4.9.221 takes 10 seconds to go from login to desktop.
Is this normal? Can I do anything to fix this problem?

Here is my system information:

user@antix1:~
$ inxi -F
System:
Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.240-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2
Distro: antiX-17_386-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude D610 v: N/A serial: <root required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0D4571 serial: <root required> BIOS: Dell v: A06 date: 10/02/2005
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 53.3 Wh condition: 52.5/53.3 Wh (99%)
CPU:
Topology: Single Core model: Intel Pentium M bits: 32 type: MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB
Speed: 1600 MHz min/max: 800/1867 MHz Core speed (MHz): 1: 1600
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel resolution: 1024×768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW AC97 Audio driver: snd_intel8x0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.240-antix.1-486-smp
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
driver: tg3
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:14:22:d8:99:f8
Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network driver: ipw2200
IF: eth1 state: up mac: 00:16:6f:46:d6:28
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 37.26 GiB used: 14.27 GiB (38.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MP0402H size: 37.26 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 34.43 GiB used: 14.27 GiB (41.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3035
Info:
Processes: 153 Uptime: 9m Memory: 1.96 GiB used: 489.0 MiB (24.4%) Shell: bash
inxi: 3.0.36
user@antix1:~
$

Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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@greyowl That is not normal. Have you tried the latest 4.4.240 version?
It might work better on old hardware.

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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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sybok wrote:

Question: Will the “Announcement” panel at the main forum site be updated once the sid/!!testing versions are available?
I mean the Please read: *updated 07 May 2020* security-kernel-upgrades.

Done!

All fixed kernels are in the main repos. You may need to wait for the mirrors to sync.

Full announcement here: fixed-bluez-security-vulnerabilities-kernels-available

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[Member greyowl]

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anticapitalista wrote:

@greyowl That is not normal. Have you tried the latest 4.4.240 version?
It might work better on old hardware.

I have been experimenting with 4.9.240. It seems that after I enter the password to login, then the laptop quits processing. If I hit any key, then it starts processing again and opens the desktop in about 16 seconds.

I haven’t tried 4.4.240, but I will do that now and report back.

Thanks for the help.

Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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@greyowl – have you tried autologin?

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[Member greyowl]

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I found in Synaptic the following:
linux-headers-4.4.240-antix.1-686-smp-pae and linux-image-4.4.240-antix.1-686-smp-pae

In the past, I have used antix.1-486-smp kernels.
Is it OK to use antix.1-686-smp-pae?
Note: I have a 32 bit system.

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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Should be ok, but the 486 version has been updated.

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[Member greyowl]

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anticapitalista wrote:

@greyowl – have you tried autologin?

I tried auto login. I got a blank screen and the laptop stopped processing until I started pressing keys to get it going again.

Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)

[Member greyowl]

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anticapitalista wrote:

Should be ok, but the 486 version has been updated.

I tried 4.4.240 antix.1-686-smp-pae. It is working fine–no delay between login and desktop.

Would it be better to use the 486 version or does it not matter?
I cannot find the 486 version of 4.4.240 in Synaptic.

Dell Latitude D620 laptop with antiX 22 (64 bit)

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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If the 4.4.240 antix.1-686-smp-pae version is working to you satisfaction, keep it.
You’ll know better after a few days of use.

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