On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 1:24 PM Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Often, when the vendors do any security updates, they'll do just the
minimum needed (which does make sense, since it's also the least likely
to break devices that can be difficult or impossible to recover from an
update failure). If the kernel doesn't have any known and exploitable
security issues, it'll be left as-is.
fair point. as far as I know, vendors also do their own patching to old kernel versions too.
which brings me to…
So, an old kernel version can indicate unmaintained software, or it can
also indicate conservative update practices. Unforunately, the first
case is much more likely.
yeah, that’s what I worry is what happened here. I have no reason to believe they’re maintaining it in any way. which does leave the potential for something to slip through the cracks eventually. (it may not have happened, but it can. even if you’re fully up to date, it still very well could be an issue)
to be honest - I always assume the worst because I’m never quite sure if something I’m using is being maintained in some way. (that’s part of the reason I swapped away from Android for the time being.)
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-slade
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