Issues

• notify marks a kernel as already notified before the notification is shown, so a failed notification is never retried

  bkw777/mainline#396 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Nov 10, 2026

• Installing a kernel can half-succeed: one dpkg --install for all its packages leaves the image installed and the headers unconfigured (#391, #311, #317)

  bkw777/mainline#395 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Nov 10, 2026

• Shell injection: .deb file names and version names from the index are pasted into Posix.system / eval command strings

  bkw777/mainline#394 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Nov 10, 2026

• CHECKSUMS.gpg is never verified, so .debs installed as root are only as trustworthy as the mirror (follow-up to #354)

  bkw777/mainline#393 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Nov 10, 2026

• Version names from the kernel index aren't validated: a crafted entry makes mainline list delete directories outside the cache

  bkw777/mainline#392 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Nov 10, 2026

• attempting to install 7.3.2 breaks libssl4 package

  bkw777/mainline#391 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Nov 8, 2026

• Enhancement Request: lock the cache so two mainline processes can't change it at the same time

  bkw777/mainline#389 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Oct 18, 2026

• Enhancement Request: check each download's result and write cache files atomically

  bkw777/mainline#388 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Oct 18, 2026

• Site-unreachable check never fires: exec_sync() drops the exit status, and try_ppa() forces ppa_up = true

  bkw777/mainline#381 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Oct 18, 2026
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• README cron hint uses removed --yes option, so the job silently does nothing

  bkw777/mainline#380 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Oct 18, 2026

• GUI: changing Settings during a list update starts a second concurrent update (crash / duplicate rows)

  bkw777/mainline#379 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Oct 18, 2026

• install/uninstall exit 0 when dpkg fails (system() wait status returned as exit code)

  bkw777/mainline#378 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Oct 18, 2026

• Checksum verification doesn't stop a mismatched .deb from being installed

  bkw777/mainline#377 · Filter by author davmonk opened on Oct 18, 2026

• Segmentation Fault installing Kernel 7.1.2

  bug
  bkw777/mainline#375 · Filter by author TheMowgliMan opened on Jul 3, 2026
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• [Question] How can I check if I am running the latest version while using a release candidate?

  enhancement
  bkw777/mainline#360 · Filter by author winstonma opened on Sep 13, 2025
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• Can't download kernel package files.

  bkw777/mainline#354 · Filter by author matijakovacevic opened on Mar 28, 2025
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• Version question

  bkw777/mainline#350 · Filter by author zoomy942 opened on Feb 5, 2025
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• Possibility to sign downloaded kernels for Secure Boot?

  bkw777/mainline#349 · Filter by author jensb opened on Jan 29, 2025
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• Install followed by delete destroyed the entire system

  bkw777/mainline#346 · Filter by author lucian303 opened on Dec 11, 2024
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• Segmentation fault when trying to install any kernels

  bkw777/mainline#328 · Filter by author bellerson opened on Dec 24, 2023
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• Kernel v6.7-rc1 not installable?

  bug
  bkw777/mainline#326 · Filter by author danielmaciel opened on Nov 17, 2023
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• Json-CRITICAL

  bkw777/mainline#308 · Filter by author djkraven opened on Aug 28, 2023
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• [Feature Request]: Select external downloader (aria2 and e.t.c)

  enhancement
  bkw777/mainline#295 · Filter by author Danik2343 opened on Aug 1, 2023
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• [FEATURE] GNU linux-libre support? - Kernel without the nonfree blobs

  enhancement
  bkw777/mainline#232 · Filter by author SamuelMarks opened on Apr 27, 2023
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• feature request: only check for updates of long term stable (lts) kernel versions

  enhancement
  bkw777/mainline#191 · Filter by author mjechow opened on Feb 24, 2023
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