Tails 5.4 is out (2022-08-24)

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== Announcement ==

== Changelog ==

"tails (5.4) unstable; urgency=medium

  • Upgrade Tor Browser to 11.5.2 (tails/tails!908)

    Closes issues:

    • Upgrade to Tor Browser based on 91.13 (tails/tails#19073)

    Commits:

    • automatic redirect to HTTPS, here we meet again
    • Upgrade Tor Browser to UNVERIFIED 11.5.2-build1

  • Upgrade Linux packages to 5.10.0-17, currently at version 5.10.136
    (tails/tails!900)

    Closes issues:

    • Handle CVE-2022-2585 (POSIX CPU timer UAF) (tails/tails#19081)

    Commits:

    • Upgrade Linux packages to 5.10.0-17, currnetly at version 5.10.136

  • Disable HTTPS-only mode in Unsafe Browser (tails/tails!906)

    Closes issues:

    • Disable HTTPS-only mode in Unsafe Browser (tails/tails#19095)

    Commits:

    • disable HTTPS-only mode for unsafe browser

  • Upgrade tor to 0.4.7.10 (tails/tails!903)

    Closes issues:

    • Upgrade to tor 0.4.7.10 (tails/tails#19083)

    Commits:

    • Don’t mention irrelevant implementation detail
    • Avoid initially pushed branch failing its pipeline
    • Drop obsolete step
    • Upgrade tor to 0.4.7.10

  • Resolve “Some time sync related automated tests fail when run on a system whose
    system clock is not in UTC” (tails/tails!902)

    Closes issues:

    • Some time sync related automated tests fail when run on a system whose system
      clock is not in UTC (tails/tails#19070)

    Commits:

    • uses UTC time even on non-UTC systems

  • Misc kernel hardening (tails/tails!899)

    Closes issues:

    • Kernel hardening: restricts loading TTY line disciplines (tails/tails#18302)
    • Enable page allocator freelist randomization (tails/tails#18886)
    • Consider dropping slub_debug=P and page_poison=1 options and let init_on_free
      wipe slab and page allocations (tails/tails#18858)

    Commits:

    • Kernel hardening: restricts loading TTY line disciplines
    • Kernel: enable page allocator freelist randomization
    • Remove obsolete kernel command line options

  • Actually stop NetworkManager before applying an upgrade (tails/tails!896)

    Commits:

    • Remove obsolete comment
    • Use systemctl(1) instead of service(8)
    • Actually stop NetworkManager before applying an upgrade

  • Test suite: fix Unsafe Browser localization tests (tails/tails!867)

    Commits:

    • testing unsafebrowser is more deterministic
    • add spanish start page image for unsafe browser
    • add portuguese start page image for unsafe browser
    • debug unsafe browser errors

– Tails developers tails@boum.org Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:18:27 +0200"

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doubts about Tails release:

  1. You didn’t update the ublock filter lists. (Or remove ublock altogether)
  2. Balena Etcher version on Tails OS website is outdated (1.7.8), latest is 1.7.9
  3. Ublock Origin itself is lagging two versions behind.
  4. Tor Browser 11.5.2? It’s not even released, where do you get it from?
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Hello, @justforthistime,

I’m not sure whether or not anyone from the Tails development team reads/posts here. If you would like to you may contact them via their support page:

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I did write to them about balena etcher, they dis not update it. Anyways, just gonna leave it. If you can then inform them on something lkke gitlab