I use the latest LTS kernel but there are news from time to time about found vulnerabilities that are said to be fixed in the latest patch. Do I have to use the latest kernel to avoid those vulnerabilities?
I use the latest LTS kernel but there are news from time to time about found vulnerabilities that are said to be fixed in the latest patch. Do I have to use the latest kernel to avoid those vulnerabilities?
LTS releases (should) get all bugfixes. If you read about some hype vulnerability in the news you can be pretty sure that it is or at least will be fixed.
Not bugfixes, but security fixes. Important distinction. There are even cases of backporting actual bugs because software relied on the ‘old’ behaviour.