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Stable kernels 5.8.1, 5.7.15, 5.4.58, and 4.19.139

([Kernel] Aug 11, 2020 17:35 UTC (Tue) (coogle))


Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the [1]5.8.1 , [2]5.7.15 , [3]5.4.58 , and [4]4.19.139 stable kernels. As usual, these contain lots of important fixes throughout the tree; users should upgrade.



[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/828518

[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/828519

[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/828520

[4] https://lwn.net/Articles/828521

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