Year 2038 time set problem

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Thu Mar 1 07:04:14 EST 2018


On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 02:49:05PM +0530, techi eth wrote:
> I am just trying to know why 4.1 kernel is insecure ? I have try to look
> but not able to get right answer.
> 
> Could you please give me hint or link. I only see it is going to EOL by May
> 2018.
> 
> https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

Yes, why would you use a kernel that is going to be end-of-life in a few
months, in the year 2038?  What is going to keep it "secure" until then?

thanks,

greg k-h



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