Download Firmware OpenWrt 18.06.4

The fourth Service Release of OpenWrt version 18.06 has been released. OpenWrt is an alternative open source firmware for a large number various routers and embedded devices. By means of the opkg package management system there is the possibility to determine for yourself what the router can and cannot do. Also on GoT there are several people actively working on it, see this topic. Version 18.06 is the first stable release after the merger of the OpenWrt and Linux Embedded Development Environment projects. This update also brings the following collection of improvements:

OpenWrt 18.06.4 Service Release

The OpenWrt Community is proud to announce the fourth service release of the stable OpenWrt 18.06 series. OpenWrt 18.06.4 incorporates a number of bug fixes in the network and system userland, as well as updates to the kernel and base packages. Note that the OpenWrt 18.06.3 release was skipped in favor to 18.06.4 due to a last minute 4.14 kernel update fixing TCP connectivity problems which were introduced with the first iteration of the Linux SACK vulnerability patches.

Some selected highlights of the service release are:

• Linux kernel updated to versions 4.9.184/4.14.131 (from 4.9.152/4.14.95 in v18.06.2)
• SACK security fixes for the Linux kernel
• WPA3 security fixes in hostapd
• Further security fixes for Curl and the kernel
• MT76 wireless driver updates
• Various network and system service fixes

For a detailed list of changes since 18.06.2 refer to changelog.