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Install Linux Kernel 3.8.4 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Another release for the kernel 3.8 series has shown up for Ubuntu/Linux Mint systems. .8.4 brings various changes and bug fixes, you can have a look at them here. As usual, we will upgrade to this new kernel using a simple bash script, but the kernel files can be downloaded from here.

Here are some fixes in this latest Kernel:

ALSA: seq: Fix missing error handling in snd_seq_timer_open()

tty: serial: fix typo “SERIAL_S3C2412″

ext3: Fix format string issues

USB: storage: fix Huawei mode switching regression

USB: cdc-wdm: fix buffer overflow

dcbnl: fix various netlink info leaks

rtnl: fix info leak on RTM_GETLINK request for VF devices

vxlan: fix oops when delete netns containing vxlan

tcp: fix double-counted receiver RTT when leaving receiver fast path

ARM: davinci: edma: fix dmaengine induced null pointer dereference on da830

ARM: w1-gpio: fix erroneous gpio requests

powerpc: Fix cputable entry for 970MP rev 1.0

Linux Kernel 3.8.4 Installation
Enter these commands from the terminal under Ubuntu/Linux Mint (12.10/12.04/Mint 14/13, etc.):

cd /tmp

.8.4 -O kernel-3.8.4

.8.4

sudo reboot

Removing Linux Kernel 3.8.4
To remove .8.4 from your system, enter this command:

.8.4*