Security News > 2023 > March > Linux gets double-quick double-update to fix kernel Oops!
Oops init triggering oops via BUG() ------[ cut here ]------ kernel BUG at /home/duck/Articles/linuxoops/oops.
When kernel version 6.2.3 came out at the end of last week, two tiny changes quickly proved to be problematic, with users reporting kernel oopses when managing disk storage.
Given the velocity of Linux kernel releases, those updates have already been followed by 6.2.5 and 6.1.18, which were themselves updated by 6.2.6 and 6.1.19.
If you are using a 6.x-version Linux kernel and you aren't already bang up-to-date, make sure you don't install 6.2.3 or 6.1.16 along the way.
EXPLORING OOPS AND PANIC EVENTS ON YOUR OWN. You will need a kernel built from source code that's already installed on your test computer.
Ko # dmesg ... oops: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
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