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If one's running an LTS version of Ubuntu like 14.04 or 16.04, can one can expect to get an update with the security patch for this? I'm running Kubuntu 14.04

If one's running an LTS version of Ubuntu like 14.04 or 16.04, can one can expect to get an update with the security patch for this? I'm running Kubuntu 14.04 with the latest security updates, and I'm still on kernel version 3.13.0-98-generic. ~ $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty ~ $ uname -a Linux anon-pc 3.13.0-98-generic #145-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 8 20:13:07 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux No idea why I haven't gotten an update to 4.x. Should I just switch to a rolling release distro like Arch to have the latest updates of everything?

forbiddenlake 10y ago
Hours ago. apt-get update && apt-get upgrade. https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3105-1/ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3105-1/ http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-5195.html http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-20...
- winter_blue 10y ago
  It looks like my kernel updates are being held back: ~ $ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: ffmpeg libva1 linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. The newest available version of linux-image-generic according to apt-cache showpkg is 3.13.0.100.108. (I'm running 3.13.0.98 right now.) Maybe 3.13.100 has the fix to this bug, but I'll have to figure out what's keeping back linux-kernel-image from being updated. What's really puzzling though is that I should have kernle 4.4.x, since I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.5, according to the Ubuntu Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support#A14.04.x_Ubuntu_Kernel_Support https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support#A14.04.x_Ubuntu_Kerne... It's strange that my Kubuntu installation is frozen on 3.13.x.
  - Florin_Andrei 10y ago
    Most of my 16.04 instances that are configured to auto-update have installed the new kernel already.
    - winter_blue 10y ago
      I've set up cron jobs in the past which automatically ran apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, but it's sometimes caused things to unpredictably break, especially when you have the backports PPA. After things randomly broke 3 times I decided not to add the backports PPA, and to do manual updates every now and then.
      - jcastro 10y ago
        Set up the `unattended-upgrades` to only install security updates, blindly apt-upgrading can lead to unintended consequences; this will let you get security upgrades without breaking 3rd party packages. See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/automatic-updates.html https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/automatic-updates.ht...
  - justinsaccount 10y ago
    ..because you don't know the difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade. use dist-upgrade or just explicitly install those packages.
    - winter_blue 10y ago
      No, dist-upgrade would be 14.04 -> 16.04. I don't want 16.04; I want to stay on 14.04.
      - quesera 10y ago
        > No, dist-upgrade would be 14.04 -> 16.04. That is a reasonable assumption, but it is incorrect. Check the man page for apt-get. On Ubuntu systems, the command to upgrade to a new release is "do-release-upgrade". Insanity, but there it is.

forbiddenlake 10y ago

Hours ago. apt-get update && apt-get upgrade. https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3105-1/ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3105-1/ http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-5195.html http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-20...

winter_blue 10y ago
It looks like my kernel updates are being held back: ~ $ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: ffmpeg libva1 linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. The newest available version of linux-image-generic according to apt-cache showpkg is 3.13.0.100.108. (I'm running 3.13.0.98 right now.) Maybe 3.13.100 has the fix to this bug, but I'll have to figure out what's keeping back linux-kernel-image from being updated. What's really puzzling though is that I should have kernle 4.4.x, since I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.5, according to the Ubuntu Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support#A14.04.x_Ubuntu_Kernel_Support https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Support#A14.04.x_Ubuntu_Kerne... It's strange that my Kubuntu installation is frozen on 3.13.x.
- Florin_Andrei 10y ago
  Most of my 16.04 instances that are configured to auto-update have installed the new kernel already.
  - winter_blue 10y ago
    I've set up cron jobs in the past which automatically ran apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, but it's sometimes caused things to unpredictably break, especially when you have the backports PPA. After things randomly broke 3 times I decided not to add the backports PPA, and to do manual updates every now and then.
    - jcastro 10y ago
      Set up the `unattended-upgrades` to only install security updates, blindly apt-upgrading can lead to unintended consequences; this will let you get security upgrades without breaking 3rd party packages. See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/automatic-updates.html https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/automatic-updates.ht...
- justinsaccount 10y ago
  ..because you don't know the difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade. use dist-upgrade or just explicitly install those packages.
  - winter_blue 10y ago
    No, dist-upgrade would be 14.04 -> 16.04. I don't want 16.04; I want to stay on 14.04.
    - quesera 10y ago
      > No, dist-upgrade would be 14.04 -> 16.04. That is a reasonable assumption, but it is incorrect. Check the man page for apt-get. On Ubuntu systems, the command to upgrade to a new release is "do-release-upgrade". Insanity, but there it is.