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Hello

This has already been requested in the past (https://together.jolla.com/question/169300/kernel-44-on-sailfish-x/), but now that 2.1.4 has come out without a newer kernel or any communication from Jolla indicating that an update to a newer kernel is one is even on the roadmap I feel it necessary to bring this up again.

The current kernel, 3.10.83, is not only an out-of-date version of an old LTS kernel (originally released in June 2013), the LTS kernel in question reached reached it's final EoL (End of Life) date in the first days of November last year. It's maintainer has since insisted that everyone move to a newer kernel and this was before the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities were revealed to the public. For those not familiar with Specter and the Xperia X, the ARM Cortex A72 cores used in it have been conformed to be vulnerable to variants 1 and 2 of Specter. Thus it's it's genuinely important that SailfishOS move on to a newer kernel version ASAP.

As for the actual work necessary to get this done, at least on the Xperia X Sony has completed most of the work necessary trough their AOSP initiative and released that to the public, meaning that it shouldn't be too big of a job to get it done.

It's not just the improvements in things scheduling for big.Little setups found in 4.4, sticking to a kernel from June 2013 that reached EoL months ago is a genuine security risk and with the government and corporate contracts Jolla has been trying to get, it's not just us consumers that need to insist Jolla do something about this.

Hello

This has already been requested in the past (https://together.jolla.com/question/169300/kernel-44-on-sailfish-x/), but now that 2.1.4 has come out without a newer kernel or any communication from Jolla indicating that an update to a newer kernel is one is even on the roadmap I feel it necessary to bring this up again.

The current kernel, 3.10.83, is not only an out-of-date version of an old LTS kernel (originally released in June 2013), the LTS kernel in question reached reached it's final EoL (End of Life) date in the first days of November last year. It's maintainer has since insisted that everyone move to a newer kernel and this was before the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities were revealed to the public. For those not familiar with Specter and the Xperia X, the ARM Cortex A72 cores used in it have been conformed to be vulnerable to variants 1 and 2 of Specter. Thus it's it's genuinely important that SailfishOS move on to a newer kernel version ASAP.

As for the actual work necessary to get this done, at least on the Xperia X Sony has completed most of the work necessary trough their AOSP initiative and released that to the public, meaning that it shouldn't be too big of a job to get it done.

It's not just the improvements in things scheduling for big.Little setups found in 4.4, sticking to a kernel from June 2013 that reached EoL months ago is a genuine security risk and with risk. With the government and corporate contracts Jolla has been trying to get, it's not just us consumers that need to insist Jolla do something about this.

Hello

This has already been requested in the past (https://together.jolla.com/question/169300/kernel-44-on-sailfish-x/), but now that 2.1.4 has come out without a newer kernel or any communication from Jolla indicating that an update to a newer kernel is one is even on the roadmap I feel it necessary to bring this up again.

The current kernel, 3.10.83, is not only an out-of-date version of an old LTS kernel (originally released in June 2013), the LTS kernel in question reached reached it's final EoL (End of Life) date in the first days of November last year. It's maintainer has since insisted that everyone move to a newer kernel and this was before the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities were revealed to the public. For those not familiar with Specter and the Xperia X, the ARM Cortex A72 cores used in it have been conformed confirmed to be vulnerable to variants 1 and 2 of Specter. Thus it's it's genuinely important that SailfishOS move on to a newer kernel version ASAP.

As for the actual work necessary to get this done, at least on the Xperia X Sony has completed most of the work necessary trough their AOSP initiative and released that to the public, meaning that it shouldn't be too big of a job to get it done.

It's not just the improvements in things scheduling for big.Little setups found in 4.4, sticking to a kernel from June 2013 that reached EoL months ago is a genuine security risk. With the government and corporate contracts Jolla has been trying to get, it's not just us consumers that need to insist Jolla do something about this.