Re: Question on CVE-2017-5754 on Debian 8.9

[Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com>]

On 24 January 2018 at 18:12, Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24 January 2018 at 18:00, Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> wrote:

W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw for module r8169

There is a gripe in there about the linux headers file not being installed for it.

There is a linux header file on the experimental web page.

I think I need to install that as well.

​I tried installing the headers file and it says I have dependency problems:​

 

root@mikef-PC:/home/mikef/Downloads# dpkg -i linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64_4.15~rc8-1~exp1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64.
(Reading database ... 222960 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64_4.15~rc8-1~exp1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64 (4.15~rc8-1~exp1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64:
 linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-all-amd64 depends on linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-amd64 (= 4.15~rc8-1~exp1); however:
  Package linux-headers-4.15.0-rc8-amd64 is not installed.

​It almost sounds like some kind of rehab is required here.

Comments appreciated.

Cheers

MF​

​It is easier to do this stuff in Gentoo I think.......

It does take a long time to learn but it is worth it.

When the gcc 7.3 build comes out I will upgrade and then use it to recompile the 4.14.14 kernel.

And it will work.

I will also get the kernels after that and install them in a flash.

Cheers

MF

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Cheers

MF

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