Linux Mint kernel updates released

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Following today’s news on ZDNet that Ubuntu now needs a patch to patch the patch (say that when you’ve had a drink) I had a quick check and found that Linux Mint’s Update Manager repositories do indeed have a kernel patch… but only to bring it up to the vulnerable 4.15.0-44.47 version AFAICS. (I have no idea what’s going on…)

I see no signs yet to a patch to 4.15.0-45.48… (Does your Update Manager show differently?)

 

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? says:

hi, rick

don’t know about mint, ubuntu 18.04 had a kernel patch for USN-3871-1 on january 29th, and then a regression fix USN3871-2 on january 31st. v4.15.0-45.48

from:

https://usn.ubuntu.com/releases/ubuntu-18.04-lts/

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Yes, Mint 19.1 has also been updated to the 4.15.0-45 kernel.  The 4.15.0-44 kernel release had a few issues.  And, for anyone using Mint’s 4.18 kernel option as I am, it’s current release is 4.18.0-14.

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I see 4.15.0.45.47 patch on my update manager.  I also see linux-libc-dev patch as a kernel update. Should I install this as well? Or would it be installed as well if I update to 4.15.045.47?

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? says:
see:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/957411/what-is-linux-libc-dev-linux-kernel-headers-for-development-for-another-ker

if linux-libc-dev is marked security probably need to update version.can you use synaptic package manager on mint? if so it makes the manual update process a snap

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Linux Mint 19.1 proposed an upgrade to 4.15.0.46.48, which I duly installed. But I uninstalled it when I noticed that Mint did not pick up a USB stick anymore, a problem reported by others too on the Linux Mint forum.

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