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<p>Thanks Ted. You've put me at ease!</p>
<p>Brian<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/3/24 01:44PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">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?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">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. <br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">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<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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<p>Is this a problem for someone like me? Are folks aware of
it?<br>
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<p>$ uname -r<br>
5.4.0-182-generic<br>
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