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Deepin Kernel needs Updates

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nhoya

deepin

2016-10-22 12:38

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Edited by nhoya at 2016-10-24 22:57

I tried to compile the kernel from sources and with my big surprise i saw this:

fakeroot make -f debian/rules orig
mkdir -p ../orig
wget -c https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/linux-4.4-rc6.tar.xz -O ../orig/linux-4.4-rc6.tar.xz || (echo "removing ../orig/linux-4.4-rc6.tar.xz"; rm -fr ../orig/linux-4.4-rc6.tar.xz; exit 1)
--2016-10-21 21:53:56-- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/linux-4.4-rc6.tar.xz
Risoluzione di www.kernel.org (www.kernel.org)... 149.20.4.69, 198.145.20.140, 199.204.44.194, ...
Connessione a www.kernel.org (www.kernel.org)|149.20.4.69|:443... connesso.
Richiesta HTTP inviata, in attesa di risposta... 200 OK
Lunghezza: 87271788 (83M) [application/x-xz]
Salvataggio in: "../orig/linux-4.4-rc6.tar.xz"
../orig/linux-4.4-rc6.tar.xz 100%[=======================================================================================>] 83,23M 1,13MB/s in 75s
2016-10-21 21:55:12 (1,11 MB/s) - "../orig/linux-4.4-rc6.tar.xz" salvato [87271788/87271788]

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Wtf is going on? Why the Deepin Kernel is based on 4.4-rc6 dropped long, long time ago? The kernel need instant updates and security fixes ASAP.

***UPDATE 23/10/2016***: i found the kernel is vulnerable to really old and patched exploit like the one related to: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4557 patched 5 month ago.
Read here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/c ... _de_but_0_security/

***UPDATE 23/10/2016***
Actually they have a wrong master branch old and outdated, the new one is the 4.4-02 now based on 4.4.26. The PoCs were tested on the actually .4.0-2-deepin-amd64 #1 SMP Deepin 4.4.6-4 (2016-07-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux. The Fix has been released and will be pushed soon. Thank you all for the sharing

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doorsoft

deepin

2016-10-22 17:10

uname -a

4.4.0-2-deepin-amd64 #1 SMP Deepin 4.4.6-4 (2016-07-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux

uname -mrs

Linux 4.4.0-2-deepin-amd64 x86_64

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menny

deepin

2016-10-22 17:56

read this https://blog.deepin.org/2016/03/deepin-kernel-plan/

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nhoya

deepin

2016-10-23 01:58

Edited by nhoya at 2016-10-22 18:14

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/31654
read this https://blog.deepin.org/2016/03/deepin-kernel-plan/

in the blog article i see this:

...
Follow CVE announcements, fix kernel security issues in real-time -> not real time, Kernel still vulnerable to Dirty Cow (patch released in mainline 4 days ago --- edit: fixed today after a bug report on bugzilla but still not committed )
Keep the major version of kernel in line with Debian official version -> the kernel of debian SID isn't the 4.4-rc6 anymore
...

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nhoya

deepin

2016-10-23 02:31

Edited by nhoya at 2016-10-24 04:21

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/31654
uname -a

4.4.0-2-deepin-amd64 #1 SMP Deepin 4.4.6-4 (2016-07-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Uname is not a warranty, i'm talking about what the build from source does. And btw you can change the kernel name

Oh and btw last update: 2016-07-01 and today is 2016-10-22, last security update released in debian on 2016-10-19. So yes, the kernel is outdated

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com_bvv

deepin

2016-10-23 03:30

Last kernel may appear in Deepin 16.

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nhoya

deepin

2016-10-23 03:37

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/31654
Last kernel may appear in Deepin 16.

Again, the point is not the version of the kernel but the security patches related to them. rc6 is dropped, rc8 too, 4.4 is now lts

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horvan

deepin

2016-10-24 02:47

have you used the github repo to compile the kernel? I dropped an issue there and have linked to your post here. So The developers should get a mail about this!

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nhoya

deepin

2016-10-24 06:39

Edited by nhoya at 2016-10-23 22:49

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/31654
have you used the github repo to compile the kernel? I dropped an issue there and have linked to you ...

yes i did, and the result is what you see in the first post

Developers actually know about that: https://bugzilla.deepin.io/show_bug.cgi?id=10457 but no answers or patches has been released

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horvan

deepin

2016-10-24 08:57

Well on 2016-07-01 they deployed deepin 15.3 to deepin.com May be theyr will be an incremental patch when they have time to do it. They know about it . So I see your point security first. They should and must fix this asap

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nhoya

deepin

2016-10-24 10:19

#10

Thread updated

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makkon

deepin

2016-10-24 10:57

#11

Edited by makkon at 2016-10-24 19:44

Deepin kernel 4.4.9
Linux kernel 4.4.26
"- Can be updated in the next release .."
When can we expect?

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m***[email protected]

deepin

2016-10-24 23:46

#12

I hope Deepin Team will base their kernel on the last Linux version.
As we can see on Linux.org, the current stable Linux version is 4.8.4, and the LTS is 4.4.27.

Finger crossed for Deepin 15.4.

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doorsoft

deepin

2016-10-25 08:37

#13

i think you are worried for nothing.. the security updates are "updated"... you can follow it from the blog..

http://blog.deepin.org/2016/10/s ... 30-1-dsa-3631-1-ds/

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makkon

deepin

2016-10-25 08:46

#14

Sorry, thanks for the reply.
Respect to you team DEEPIN!

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nhoya

deepin

2016-10-25 08:53

#15

Edited by nhoya at 2016-10-25 02:36

https://bbs.deepin.org/post/31654
i think you are worried for nothing.. the security updates are "updated"... you can follow it from t ...

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39772/ this is still valid. Please test it

Oh and you are linking security patches relative to other softwares, not the kernel. Please, take a look to what you link before actually linking it

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nhoya

deepin

2016-10-26 12:23

#16

Hope a new version will be released soon, i added a little PoC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hpAp3sVnHE

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