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Re: [SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security update



Anssi Saari composed on 2022-11-02 09:40 (UTC+0200):

> John Boxall wrote:

>> Did I miss something in the last three years? When did buster go to a
>> 5.10 kernel? My buster system is still on kernel 4.19.

> Looks like a linux-5.10 source package was indeed added to Buster in
> August and as you noted, it's getting security updates too. There's some
> info on the what and when at https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/linux-5.10
> but I don't know the why.

> Maybe this is for Buster's LTS lifecycle and 4.19 is expected to go EOL
> before Buster does? Just a guess.

According to https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases Buster doesn't have an LTS. :p

Projected EOL for 4.19 currently is 2024-12.
https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
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