[nmglug] Federal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited | Ars Technica

[Ted Pomeroy]

Brian and all, Linux kernel 5.14 release August 2021, and kernel 6.6
released October 2023. I am not sure what that means for the news and
issues involved. Ted P

On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 1:44 PM Ted Pomeroy <ted.pome at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brian, Probably not at all. Note the breadth of the problem and the level.
> It affects a broad range of kernels, and will be attended to by the people
> who can address this at the kernel level. Keep an eye on updates, that is
> do them regularly, but no need to panic. I am assuming you are not running
> the servers for Cisco or AWS, just doing personal business on your machine.
> You do turn it off at night?
> I usually like to be aware of the issues, but have confidence in the
> people at the kernel and OS levels who can address any issue, whether in
> the kernel, the OS or any application I am likely to use. I also try to be
> aware of my system's usual behaviors: amount of ram and cpu in normal use,
> speed of my applications and the loading of webpages. These are inexact,
> but for a personal computer at my level of involvement seem good enough. I
> am a bit cavalier about issues as a fresh install(after the issues has been
> addressed) can remedy any severe issues and I don't have my machine too
> heavily tweaked that I cannot start over again. I will eat my words if I do
> lose some files I have failed to back up recently, but that's the extent of
> my vulnerability.
> I do also try to read up on "Gnu/Linux news" as a topic several times a
> week. When an issue hits I will look for the remedy being developed or
> implemented in a timely way. This one could be tricky, since it is in the
> kernel. It is also a kernel piece that has been retained over a long
> period. I will look at the release dates for the 5.14 and 6.6 kernels to
> see how long. Hang in there and don't fret. Thank you, Ted P
>
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM Brian O'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:
>
>> Is this a problem for someone like me? Are folks aware of it?
>>
>> $ uname -r
>> 5.4.0-182-generic
>>
>>
>>
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