LINUX-VULNERABILITY-MITIGATION(1)

✨ NAME ✨

Linux Vulnerability Mitigation — bestie, it's the mitigation for some Linux kernel security vulnerabilities 💅 no cap

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💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

linux-vulnerability-mitigation 'COMMAND' ['OPTIONS']
linux-vulnerability-mitigation 'COMMAND1','COMMAND2',... 'COMMANDn'

okay so you can run one command, or you can chain a whole lil squad of them together. the way that syntax just works 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

linux-vulnerability-mitigation applies mitigations for Linux kernel security bugs. that's the whole vibe: kernel's got a boo-boo, this tool puts a bandaid on it 🩹✨

and if you wanna see the full list of what mitigations actually exist, go read linux-vulnerability-mitigation(7). it's giving encyclopedia, but the useful kind 🔥

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👑 COMMANDS 👑

here's every command you can throw at it, bestie. pick your fighter:

• auto — automatically installs/removes whatever mitigations the currently running Linux kernel actually needs. she does the thinking for you, main character energy ✨ — see linux-vulnerability-mitigation_auto(1).
• check — shows you which of the available mitigations are needed for the currently running Linux kernel. vibe check, but for security 🌈 — see linux-vulnerability-mitigation_check(1).
• install — installs one or more mitigations. let's get protected, periodt 💪 — see linux-vulnerability-mitigation_install(1).
• list — lists all available mitigations. the full menu, window shopping only 🛍️ — see linux-vulnerability-mitigation_list(1).
• remove — removes one or more mitigations. we're folding these back up and putting them away 🧺 — see linux-vulnerability-mitigation_remove(1).
• status — shows which of the available mitigations are installed or removed. receipts, basically 🧾 — see linux-vulnerability-mitigation_status(1).
• version — shows the linux-vulnerability-mitigation version. the "what era are we in" moment 🎀 — see linux-vulnerability-mitigation_version(1).

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🦋 FILES 🦋

the lore. the locations. the places where the girlies live:

• /usr/bin/linux-vulnerability-mitigation — the Linux Vulnerability Mitigation program itself. the queen 👑
• /usr/libexec/linux-vulnerability-mitigation — the Linux Vulnerability Mitigation commands. her little helpers 🧚
• /usr/share/linux-vulnerability-mitigation — Linux Vulnerability Mitigation shared data. the communal closet 💜
• /usr/share/doc/linux-vulnerability-mitigation — Linux Vulnerability Mitigation documentation files. for when you need to read the assigned reading 📚

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🎀 CONTACT 🎀

Linux Vulnerability Mitigation is maintained in Git at https://git.open-infrastructure.net/tools/linux-vulnerability-mitigation.

bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else are welcome via the Debian Bug Tracking System (https://bugs.debian.org). literally everything. don't be shy bestie, they want to hear from you 🫶

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

linux-vulnerability-mitigation was written by Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>. iconic behavior honestly 🙈

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 💅 this was the Linux linux-vulnerability-mitigati manual, General Commands Manual edition — stay safe out there and go patch ur kernel, mwah 😭💖