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Comment

The only change in this .SRCINFO hunk is a version bump from 7.1.6 to 7.1.8. No new sources, build steps, install scripts, permissions, or package metadata were introduced by this diff. While the upstream URL still uses HTTP in the unchanged metadata, that is pre-existing and not part of this change. Based on the provided hunk alone, there is no evidence of a security issue introduced here.

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = linux-xanmod
 	pkgdesc = Linux Xanmod - Stable Mainline [MAIN]
-	pkgver = 7.1.6
+	pkgver = 7.1.8
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = http://www.xanmod.org/
 	arch = x86_64

Comment

The change is a routine version bump in .SRCINFO: pkgver advances from 7.1.6 to 7.1.8 and the corresponding XanMod patch source/checksum are updated. The sources remain HTTPS and point to the same upstream kernel/XanMod locations, with no new executables, install scripts, privilege changes, or build-time network behavior introduced by this diff. I do note the package metadata still uses an HTTP homepage URL, but that pre-existed this change and is outside the reviewed hunk's security impact. Overall this diff does not add meaningful risk.

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ pkgbase = linux-xanmod
 	options = !strip
 	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v7.x/linux-7.1.tar.xz
 	source = https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v7.x/linux-7.1.tar.sign
-	source = patch-7.1.6-xanmod1.xz::https://sourceforge.net/projects/xanmod/files/releases/main/7.1.6-xanmod1/patch-7.1.6-xanmod1.xz/download
+	source = patch-7.1.8-xanmod1.xz::https://sourceforge.net/projects/xanmod/files/releases/main/7.1.8-xanmod1/patch-7.1.8-xanmod1.xz/download
 	source = choose-gcc-optimization.sh
 	validpgpkeys = ABAF11C65A2970B130ABE3C479BE3E4300411886
 	validpgpkeys = 647F28654894E3BD457199BE38DBBDC86092693E
 	sha256sums = 691f44797fbe790dc8a321604c927087526ad27b6d649925d60f8eed0a2564a0
 	sha256sums = SKIP
-	sha256sums = 3e6c408c2985c86a45cea6347dd11a3649c46108bf833da3c8c9b3ba5693cb2a
+	sha256sums = 88f29909357260d97ee1684064ab55cf2687dab7f223b44c1e6324fd57d00a57
 	sha256sums = f4acc1760990c54348a029315d1505ccb7c7270cd70a9aeb728bffcced51e767
 
 pkgname = linux-xanmod

Comment

The change is a simple version bump in PKGBUILD from 7.1.6 to 7.1.8 with no accompanying changes to sources, build steps, install scripts, permissions, or package metadata. On its face this does not introduce any new security-relevant behavior. I did not see any added network fetches, scripts, or privilege-related changes in the provided diff hunk.

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ fi
 
 pkgbase=linux-xanmod
 _major=7.1
-pkgver=${_major}.6
+pkgver=${_major}.8
 _branch=7.x
 xanmod=1
 _revision=

Comment

The change only updates the package version and the SHA-256 checksum for one source artifact in PKGBUILD. There are no new sources, no build-script logic changes, no added network access, and no packaging/persistence/privilege-escalation behavior introduced by this diff. Based on the provided hunk alone, this looks like a routine upstream version bump with integrity metadata refresh.

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ done
 
 sha256sums=('691f44797fbe790dc8a321604c927087526ad27b6d649925d60f8eed0a2564a0'
             'SKIP'
-            '3e6c408c2985c86a45cea6347dd11a3649c46108bf833da3c8c9b3ba5693cb2a'
+            '88f29909357260d97ee1684064ab55cf2687dab7f223b44c1e6324fd57d00a57'
             'f4acc1760990c54348a029315d1505ccb7c7270cd70a9aeb728bffcced51e767')
 
 export KBUILD_BUILD_HOST=${KBUILD_BUILD_HOST:-archlinux}