kernel security upgrade - "rebase?"
I am trying to meet the challenge of the security upgrade --
[SECURITY] [DSA 4774-1] linux security update -- that
was issued today.
This is an AMD Buster system:
Linux debian.localdomain 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian
4.19.98-1+deb10u1 (2020-04-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have noticed for several weeks that when I run "apt-get
upgrade" my kernel gets held back:
"The following packages have been kept back:
linux-image-amd64 thunderbird"
So, again today, running apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade
does not install the new kernel. Here is the instruction from
the security bulletin:
"For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been
fixed in version 4.19.152-1. The vulnerabilities are fixed by
rebasing to the new stable upstream version 4.19.152 which
includes additional bugfixes."
I am completely at a loss to know how to "rebase" to the new
version. The term "rebase" is a Debian term-of-art I have never
before encountered. Can someone please point me to a step by
step "Kernel Rebasing For Dummies" guide?
Thank you.
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think, of ascertaining what is right or wrong, and not a
consequence of having already ascertained it.
J. S. Mill
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