Hi,
I have just updated all qubes. In the Details section of Qubes Updater I saw that the kernel was updated from 5.15.52-1.fc32.qubes.x86_64 to 5.17.something. So, I thought it is a good idea to reboot the whole system after everything has been updated. However, after rebooting uname -rv
still show the old kernel version (testing in dom0 and fedora-36).
In fedora-36 qube I notice that rpm -q kernel
outputs:
kernel-5.17.9-300.fc36.x86_64
kernel-5.18.13-200.fc36.x86_64
kernel-5.18.16-200.fc36.x86_64
regardless of the fact that in the same qube uname -r
shows 5.15.52 as mentioned above. Another strange thing to me is the fact that the update Details did not show 5.18.xx but 5.17.xx kernel.
My questions are:
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Is it normal the update process not to update the kernel in the qubes (especially dom0 which AFAIK propagate to other qubes)?
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Are there any additional/manual steps required to update the kernel to the updated one? (e.g. some
dracut
runs or something else) -
Or is the not updated kernel version deliberate (a special security measure or for some other reason)?
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Why fedora-36 shows kernel several versions none of which are in use?
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Why fedora-36 shows a kernel version (5.18) which Qubes Updater details did not show?
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What is the right action in this situation?