Year 2038 time set problem

Piotr Figiel figiel at gmail.com
Mon Feb 26 08:15:53 EST 2018


Hi,

2018-02-24 16:50 GMT+01:00 Greg KH <greg at kroah.com>:
> Also note that the 4.1 kernel is very old and obsolete and insecure, and
> should NOT be used for any devices in the year 2038.

According to kernel.org website 4.1 has projected EOL in May 2018. Is
the information about kernel releases on kernel.org irrelevant/
shouldn't be trusted? Or my understanding of longterm kernel trees is
incorrect?
Which trees do get security updates?

Best regards,
Piotr.



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