Download Tails 5.16.1

Tails stands for The amnesic incognito live system and is a live Linux distribution that focuses on privacy and anonymity. It uses Debian GNU/Linux as a base and adds a Gnome environment with Tor, Tor Browser, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Electrum, LibreOffice, GPG and KeePassXC. For more information please refer to this page. Version 5 is based on Debian 11 and, among other things, OpenPGP has been replaced by Kleopatra. In version 5.16.1, the Linux kernel has been updated, which should resolve some vulnerabilities in Intel and AMD processors.

Changes and updates

• Update the Linux kernel to 6.1.38.
  This update fixes:
  • Downfall on Intel processors (CVE-2022-40982)
  • Inception on AMD processors (CVE-2023-20569)

  These vulnerability could allow a malicious application running in Tails to access and steal data from another application in Tails, for example passwords stored in KeePassXC or private keys stored in Electrum.

  This attack is unlikely, but could be performed by a strong attacker, such as a government or a hacking firm. We are not aware of this attack being used in the wild.